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11.
Article 11(2) requires States Parties to promote the conclusion of bilateral or multilateral agreements or accession to existing agreements to combat the illicit
transfer and 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. appropriate,
way.
If we conclude that such extension would be
we will consult the Chinese side in the usual
as
12.
As the application of this Convention will confer
new international rights and obligations on Hong Kong, and
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 to Hong Kong, and its continued application to the Hong Kong SAR after 1997. 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.
Office of the British Senior Representative,
Sino-British Joint Liaison Group
3 April 1992
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