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FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 84
OF 21120OZ JAN 92
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 36: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: MARINE POLLUTION
WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS TO MAKE ON THE DRAFT PAPERS ON MARINE POLLUTION:
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A) THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE, 1969, PARA 4: ''PROVIDED THEY HAD BEEN SIGNED BY THE PRC'' IS THIS WHAT WAS AGREED? DOES IT NOT ONLY COME INTO PLAY WITH RATIFICATION OR ACCESSION?:
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B) INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION RELATING TO INTERVENTION ON THE HIGH SEA IN CASES OF OIL POLLUTION CASUALTIES, 1969, PARA 5: THIS PARAGRAPH ON BENEFITS MIGHT ITSELF BENEFIT FROM SOME CLARIFICATION PARTICULARLY REGARDING INTERVENTION. FOR EXAMPLE SOME EXPLANATION OF THE LIMITATIONS ON HONG KONG'S RIGHT TO INTERVENE WITHOUT ADHERENCE TO THE CONVENTION AND PROTOCOL. MIGHT ALSO BE BENEFICIAL TO SPELL OUT WHAT IS MEANT BY ''INTERVENTION'' AND WHERE IT MIGHT TAKE PLACE.
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INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973: NO DOUBT YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE UK HAS ACCEPTED OPTIONAL ANNEXES III AND V AND IS IN CONSULTATION ON ANNEX IV.
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GRATEFUL FOR CLARIFICATIONS IN DUE COURSE.
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