HONG KONG
WHY DOES HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT NOT TRANSMIT INFORMATION
ON HONG KONG UNDER ARTICLE 73(e)?
15. In 1972, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a
recommendation by the Committee of 24 that Hong Kong be
removed from. the list of non-self-governing countries to
I which this Article applies.
DID HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AGREE TO THIS RECOMMENDATION?
16. The recommendation was included in a resolution by the
Committee of 24. This resolution also contained a number
of other recommendations which Her Majesty's Government
felt unable to agree to. Her Majesty's Government therefore
voted against the resolution.
WHAT EFFECT DID THE RECOMMENDATION HAVE ON HONG KONG'S STATUS?
17. Her Majesty's Government's Permanent Representative at the
United Nations wrote to the Secretary-General on 14 December 1972
putting on record that the reason for the United Kingdom
discontinuing to transmit information on Hong Kong was because
no useful purpose would be served by continuing this. The letter
also recorded that the action of the General Assembly in no way
affected the legal status of Hong Kong.
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