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Proposal
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It
The British side proposes that the Convention, as
applied to Hong Kong, should continue to apply to the long
Kong SAR after 30
June 1997 in accordance with the Joint
Declaration. The PRC is not a party to the Convention.
will therefore be necessary for the CPG to indicate to all
present Contracting Parties and all Governments which may
become parties before
July 1997, that all the
obligations arising from the
international rights and
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Convention, to the ex tent that they apply to Hong Kong,
will be assumed by the CPG with effect from 1 July 1997 and
apply to the HKSAR of the PRC.
necessary
to
ensure
It will further be
SQ far as possible that those
Contracting Parties either agree, or at least acquiesce.
In the opinion of the British side, the best method for
securing this objective would be as described in para. 7 of
the paper handed to the Chinese side on 15 March 1989.
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