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4.
Hong Kong
а is
importance
to human
modern city which attaches great rights, not least the right to life.
Continued
application
of
the
Convention
to Hong Kong is
necessary
to
uphold
Hong
Kong's position
in the
international
community
in this respect.
It will also
ensure
that,
is perpetuated
accordance
in the unlikely event that an act of genocide it will be dealt with in
in
Kong, Hong
with internationally
agreed practices
through close international cooperation.
Proposal
and
that the
Convention
British side propose continue to apply to the Hong Kong SAR after 30 June
5.
The
should
1997 in accordance
People's
with the Joint
Declaration.
The
Republic
of
China became party to the Convention
on
be
18 April 1983 and, provided that it remains so, it will
necessary
only
and obligations
to ensure that the international rights
currently
affecting Hong Kong are fully
preserved in a manner consistent with the Joint Declaration
and to consider
regard.
IRO121
whether any action
needed is
in this
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