1. King Leopold II signed an Act of Cession in 1907, but it took another year before the colony became Belgian state property (I 8 October 1908).
2. The activities of the Ministry of Colonies were concluded with the Royal Decree of 31 May 1962 on répartition des attributions ministérielles en matière d’Affaires Africaines. Trade and aid with the South later became the competence of relatively autonomous ministerial departments. Presently, the Belgian State Secretariat for Development Cooperation is in charge of aid policy.
3. The administration was formed by Royal Decree of 18 January 1962, establishing the Dienst voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking,currently the Belgian Administration for Development Cooperation (henceforth abbreviated as BADC).
4. Annual Reports of the Belgian Administration for Development Cooperation (BADC), 1990 to 1993.
5. Cooperation was stopped as a reprisal for the Lubumbashi-massacre in 1990.