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FM HONG KONG
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TELNO 1488
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HKC 031/4
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3 JUN 1992
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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 1254 OF JULY 91: APPLICATION TO HONG KONG AFTER 1997. OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES.
1. WE ARE FAXING TO HARKIN, HKD, DRAFT DISCUSSION PAPERS ON THE ICCPR AND ICESCR, TWO OF THE CONVENTIONS IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS CATEGORY ON OUR LIST OF MULTILATERAL TREATIES TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE CHINESE SIDE. THESE PAPERS ARE BASED QUITE CLOSELY ON THOSE PREPARED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW DIVISION IN 1989. THE ANNEXES TO THESE PAPERS ARE QUITE BULKY AND WILL FOLLOW BY BAG. PAPERS ON THE REMAINING CONVENTIONS IN THIS CATEGORY WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.
2. AS AGREED, WE ARE PLANNING TO HAND THE PAPERS OVER LATER THIS YEAR WITH THE AIM OF DISCUSSING THEM IN THE SUB-GROUP IN EARLY
1993.
3. CLEARLY, AN IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS ON ICCPR AND ICESCR WILL BE TO SECURE CHINESE ACCEPTANCE OF THE REPORTING
OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 40 AND THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 41
OF THE ICCPR. WE ALSO ATTACH SOME IMPORTANCE TO THE CHINESE SIDE
AGREEING TO OUR SUGGESTION IN THE PAPERS THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SARG SHOULD ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
WHEN ANY MATTER RELEVANT TO THE SAR IS TO BE DISCUSSED.
4. UKREP JLG CONCURS.
WILSON
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