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Territories covered by the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. With regard to
the questions of Hong Kong and Macau, the Chinese Government
has consistently held that they should be settled in an appropriate
way when conditions are ripe. The United Nations has no right to discuss these questions. For the above reasons, the Chinese delegation is opposed to including Hong Kong and lucau in the
list of colonial Territories covered by the Declaration and requests that the erroneous wording thut Hong Kong and Macau
fall under the category of so-called "colonial Territories" be immediately removed from the documents of the Special Committee
and all other United Nations documents.
(Simed) HUANG Hua
Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations