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undermine the purpose of the Convention (para 10 of
Ref A).
5. In addition we are party to the 1959 European
Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees, and
are in the process of ratifying the 1980 European
Agreement on Transfer of Responsibility for Refugees
(due to be done 22-26 September 1986). We have not
signed the 1973 Convention for the Reduction of Cases
of Statelessness as we were already party to the
1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
REFERENCES
A
Document EC/SCP/44
B
Collection of International Instruments
Concerning Refugees
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