The Protocol
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6.
Agreement
The Government of the French Republic was invested with certain functions concerning the implementation of the and the Convention. As a result of the formation Nations, a Protocol amending the Convention concluded at Lake Success on 4 May 1949 (text at Annex The Protocol transferred the functions and powerS for
continuous
of the United
was
E).
the
performance
of the
Convention
Nations.
French Government to the United
from
the
The Protocol
into force for the United Kingdom and Hong Kong on
entered
4 May 1949
(reference at Annex F).
Benefit
5.
The
procurement
of Women
and
girls for immoral
purposes
abroad
still
remains a
problem
in
countries
and regions including Hong Kong.
and
the
Convention
important
to
Hong
(as amended by the
effort concerted Kong's
forms of traffic in persons.
various
The Agreement
Protocol)
against such
are
Proposal
6.
The British
side propose that the Agreement and the Convention (as amended by the Protocol) should continue
to
Kong
SAR
after
30
to the apply
Hong
June 1997 in
accordance with the Joint Declaration. The PRC is not a
the Agreement or the Convention as amended and it will therefore be necessary for the CPG to
and all
party to
Protocol,
indicate
to
present
Contracting Parties,
by the
all
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