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tions of the peoples, and to assist them in the progres- sive development of their free political institutions." Charter of the United Nations, Article 7.5 Thus, the UK should include the right of self-determination in the Hong Kong Bill of Rights as it did in the Bill of Rights for the Falkland Islands and
Montserrat.
In addition, as noted above, the reservation provisions included in Part III of the Draft Bill of Rights should be deleted. Such reservations are based upon the UK's reservations to the ICCPR as applied to Hong Kong. If the UK enabled Hong Kong to become a party to the Covenants in its own right as recommended in Part (1) of this Memorandum, the rationale for maintaining reservations in the Draft Bill of Rights would be moot.
Upon signature to the ICCPR, the UK declared its understanding that, "by virtue of Article 103 of the Charter of the United Nations, in the event of any conflict between their obligations under Article 1 of the ICCPR) and their obligations under the Char- ter (in particular, under Articles 1, 2 and 73 thereof) their obligations under the Charter shall prevail." Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary General, 134, 142, U.N. Doc. St/LEG/SER- .E/8, U.Ñ, Sales No. E.90.Z.6 (1990). Rather than conflict, the Charter provisions appear to support the UK's obligation under Article 1 to promote real- ization of self-determination in Hong Kong.
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