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11.
Article
11 (2)
of
the conclusion
accession to
transfer and
requires
States Parties to promote
bilateral or multilateral agreements or
existing agreements to combat the illicit
non-return of children abroad. The United
Kingdom is already a Party to the Hague Convention on the
Custody of Children and International Child Abduction and
will consider whether that Convention should be extended to
Hong Kong.
conclude that such extension would be
appropriate,
will consult the Chinese side in the usual
way.
If
we
we
12.
new
As the application of this Convention will confer
international rights and obligations on Hong Kong, and
as it is intended that such international rights and
obligations should continue to apply to Hong Kong after
1997, we are accordingly consulting the Chinese side under
the agreed guidelines for consultation. If we hear nothing within 40 days, we will assume that the Chinese side has no
objection in principle to the extension of the Convention continued application to the Hong
The specific measures for the
continued application of the international rights and
obligations of this Convention will be discussed in the IRO
Sub-group in due course.
to Hong Kong, and its
Kong SAR after 1997.
office of the British Senior Representative,
Sino-British Joint Liaison Group
3 April 1992
JL-P-28
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