draft
initiating
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(option (c))
and
an
alternative
draft PRC declaration (option (d)). In the latter draft
the words in square brackets would be Included if (d) (i)
were chosen, and omitted In the case of (d)(ii).
If the
Chinese side agreed with this proposal, the Exchange of
Notes, if
(c)
rather
than
(d) were chosen,
would
be
concluded before 1997, reglstered with the United Nations
under Article 102 of the United Nations Charter and duly
By the latter means, LE
published by the United Nations.
all
the relevant
states
would receive
the
by no other,
notice referred
referred to in option (c). If on the other hand
(d) were option
likewise be made
chosen,
before 1 July
the
PRC's
declaration
would
1997 and, upon
its
circulation by the Secretary General, all relevant states
would be put on notice as to its contents.
Whether option
(c) or (d) were chosen it would be open to the two sides
to
take
such
supporting action
to
of
some
draw the Exchange
and states
they judged
appropriate. They might for example consider
advisable
attention
treaties, possibly even when the Exchange or
as
to
be
it to be
to declaration Or
the
with
reference
to
some
declaration
was still
in draft, in order to
raise no objection.
ensure
that they would
5.
If the general scheme under (c) or (d) were to be adopted, one of the main tasks of the JLG Sub-group would
be
and
to Identify which treatles (both multilateral bilateral) should appear on the list to be annexed to the
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