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OF 30085OZ SEPTEMBER 91
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
MIPT: IRO SUB-GROUP: POSTAL TREATIES
DRAFT REVISED PAPER REFERRED TO IN PARA 1 OF TUR
BEGINS
THIS PAPER IS CONCERNED WITH FOUR POSTAL TREATIES WHICH CURRENTLY APPLY TO HONG KONG. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(A)
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION:
(B) GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION:
(C) UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION:
AND
(D)
POSTAL PARCELS AGREEMENT.
TEXT OF THESE CONVENTIONS AND REGULATIONS AS AMENDED CAN BE FOUND IN THE DOCUMENTS OF THE 1989 WASHINGTON CONGRESS VOLUME III/1 AND VOLUME III/2 AS PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION.
2.
THE UNITED KINGDOM RATIFIED THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION ON 2 AUGUST 1966 AND DEPOSITED ITS NOTIFICATIONS OF APPROVAL OF THE GENERAL REGULATIONS, UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION AND THE POSTAL PARCELS AGREEMENT ON THE SAME DATE. ALL THESE TREATIES WERE APPLIED TO HONG KONG ON 6 MARCH 1968 (REFERENCE AT ANNEX).
3. AT THE IRO SUB-GROUP MEETING HELD ON 21 MAY 1986 THE TWO SIDES AGREED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ITS OWN SEPARATE POSTAL ADMINISTRATION AND THAT ITS REPRESENTATIVES WILL PARTICIPATE AS MEMBERS OF THE PRC DELEGATION IN MEETINGS OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION AFTER 1997. THE CHINESE SIDE INFORMED THE BRITISH SIDE THAT THE PRC HAD SIGNED THE FOUR POSTAL TREATIES REFERRED TO ABOVE AND WERE CONTENT THAT THESE FOUR TREATIES
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