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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 266 OF 13 FEBRUARY
OUR TELNO 256: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND
ON REFUGEES: PQS BY ROBERT PARRY MP
1.
NOT
CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OF 1979 HAS ONLY BEEN SIGNED,
RATIFIED BY THE UK, AND SHOULD THEREFORE BE OMITTED FROM DRAFT
ANSWER IN PARAGRAPH 2(A) OF TUR.
2. WE PROPOSE TO ADD THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE AT THE END OF THE
ANSWER:
'ALL THE OTHERS TO WHICH THE UK IS A PARTY APPLY TO HONG KONG
SUBJECT, IN SOME CASES, TO CERTAIN RESERVATIONS AND
DECLARATIONS WHICH WERE PUBLISHED ON RATIFICATION'.
3.
ERRORS REGRETTED.
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