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HKC031/12
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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1186
OF 22094OZ APRIL 91
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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MIPT: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: TRADE (GENERAL)
1. THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITIONS WAS CONCLUDED IN PARIS ON 22 NOVEMBER 1928. A
PROTOCOL MODIFYING THE CONVENTION WAS SIGNED IN PARIS ON 10 MAY 1948 AND THE CONVENTION WAS FURTHER AMENDED IN 1966, 1972 AND 1982 (LATEST TEXT AND AMENDMENTS OF 1982 ARE AT ANNEX A).
2. THE AIM OF THE CONVENTION IS TO DEVISE ACCEPTABLE PROCEDURES FOR ORGANISING LARGE SCALE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS, PARTICULARLY WHERE MORE THAN ONE STATE OR INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION IS INVITED TO TAKE PART.
3. AN EXHIBITION, AS DEFINED IN THE CONVENTION, IS A DISPLAY WHICH HAS AS ITS PRINCIPAL PURPOSE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC: IT MAY EXHIBIT THE MEANS AT MAN'S DISPOSAL FOR MEETING THE NEEDS OF CIVILISATION, OR DEMONSTRATE THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED IN ONE OR MORE BRANCHES OF HUMAN ENDEAVOUR, OR SHOW PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE (ARTICLE 1). THIS CONVENTION APPLIES TO ALL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS EXCEPT THOSE LASTING LESS THAN THREE WEEKS, FINE ARTS EXHIBITIONS, AND EXHIBITIONS OF AN ESSENTIALLY COMMERCIAL NATURE (ARTICLE 2).
4. THE CONVENTION ALSO DEALS WITH THE DURATION AND FREQUENCY OF EXHIBITIONS AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF ORGANISERS AND EXHIBITORS. LASTLY, THE CONVENTION PROVIDES FOR THE SETTING UP OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION BUREAU TO SUPERVISE AND TO ENSURE THE CONVENTION'S APPLICATION (ARTICLE 25).
5. THE UNITED KINGDOM RATIFIED THE CONVENTION ON 17 DECEMBER 1930 AND ACCEDED TO THE 1948 PROTOCOL ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1949 BY EXCHANGE OF NOTES. THE CONVENTION AND THE PROTOCOL WERE EXTENDED TO HONG KONG ON 15 DECEMBER 1950. (REFERENCE AT ANNEX B).
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6. HONG KONG IS CURRENTLY ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN MAJOR
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