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against their own application to become a Contracting
Party. The latter, as Barry Harding points out, may be a
few years off yet. It is most likely to coincide with,
or follow shortly after, the review of their observer
status. But this underlines the importance of getting
Hong Kong's Contracting Party status settled this year if
possible. It is encouraging to know that Dunkel also
sees the importance of ensuring that these two questions
are not allowed to coincide.
[see para
of Harding's
letter J.
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