Article
11 (2)
of
onclusion
requires States Parties to promote bilateral or multilateral agreements or
ion to existing agreements to combat the illicit er and non-return of children abroad. The United
is already a Party to the Hague Convention on the Of Children and International Child Abduction and consider whether that Convention should be extended to Kong.
conclude that such extension would be :iate, we will consult the Chinese side in the usual
IE we
As the application of this Convention will confer rights and obligations on Hong Kong, and
ternational
is intended
.ions
we
that such international rights and should continue to apply to Hong Kong after
are accordingly consulting the Chinese side under reed guidelines for consultation. If we hear nothing in 10 days, we will assume that the Chinese side has no ction in principle to the extension of the Convention Hong Kong, and its continued application to the Hong The specific measures for the
SAR
after 1997.
ed
application of the international rights and ions of this Convention will be discussed in the IRO up in due course.
of the British Senior Representative, itish Joint Liaison Group
1992
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