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to envisage certain broad types of action which the sides could take in order to achieve their objective,
to devise a general plan of action.
such a plan, are described below.
two
and
These options, and
3.
(1)
In those cases where the PRC is already a party,
it judges before 1997 because
as a whole, no
one to become or decides
that to be in the Interests of the PRC
M
be needed simply to secure the
The two
diplomatic action will continued application of the treaty to the SAR. sides will however need to compare any reservations which been entered by the PRC with any may already have reservations which may apply to Hong Kong, and then decide
whether any
be
needed to
ensure
that
the
action may international rights and obligations affecting Hong Kong are fully preserved in a manner consistent with the Joint in the future Declaration. Reservations made by the PRC in the
could from the outset be tailored to suit the requirements
of the Joint Declaration.
(2)
to become one in respect of
different approach is required.
Where the PRC is not a party, and does not intend
of the PRC, the whole
✡
cases
It would be contrary to
the Interests of the SAR to suggest that in those
all the International
International rights and obligations created by those treaties which affect Hong Kong must automatically
terminate 1 July 1997,
that accordingly the
to the must start afresh in order to apply such treatles
on
and
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