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The meeting was called to order at 10.20 a.m.
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 40 OF THE COVENANT (agenda item 4) (continued)
Second periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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dependent territories (CCPR/C/32/Add.14 and Add.15)
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The CHAIRMAN said the fact that the United Kingdom had sent a high-level delegation comprising Mr. Fearn, Assistant Under-Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mr. Hendry, Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mr. Hewitt, Deputy Permanent Representative at the United Kingdom Permanent Mission in Geneva, Mr. Martin, Hong Kong Government Adviser, and Mrs. Britton, United Nations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, attested to that country's willingness to co-operate with the Committee. Committee's intention was to have an open and cordial dialogue with the delegation in order to bring out the difficulties encountered and the progress made in achieving compliance with the Covenant's provisions. The Committee was not a court of justice but a body that was seeking to promote the implementation of the Covenant and disseminate knowledge of human rights issues throughout the world. In accordance with its usual practice, it had prepared a list of issues that was designed to serve as a general guideline, and was by no means exhaustive.
2. At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr. Fearn, Mr. Hendry, Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Martin and Mrs. Britton (United Kingdom) took places at the Committee
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3. Mr. LALLAH, after welcoming the United Kingdom delegation, said that he was not sure what would be the best method to follow in considering the report, since it dealt with a number of different countries, some of which, such as Hong Kong, had special problems. Without prejudice to the general introduction to be made by the United Kingdom representative, he suggested that the Committee should consider the report country by country, beginning with Hong Kong.
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Mr. MAVROMMATIS, after welcoming the United Kingdom delegation, said that the reports of various countries should not be lumped together for consideration merely because they were not independent territories. The report on Hong Kong alone was more voluminous than that of Norway, for example, and the fact that Hong Kong was going through an evolutionary process made it essential to give full consideration to it. Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands, too, had their own individual difficulties, and although an effort should be made to be as concise as possible, those and all other territories deserved separate consideration.
5. The CHAIRMAN said that the Working Group on article 40 and the Committee itself had adopted the list of issues, which followed the various articles of the Covenant in the usual way. He had consulted the head of the United Kingdom delegation, who had expressed a wish to proceed on the basis of the list of issues and a readiness to provide information territory by territory if so required when consideration of that list had been completed. The United Kingdom delegation might wish to inform the Committee of its views on the subject.
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