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3.
The
United
Kingdom
and the PRC have already
agreed that the Covenant as applied to Hong Kong should
continue to apply to the Hong Kong SAR after 30 June 1997.
The Joint Declaration contains the following text
'The provisions of the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights and the International
Covenant оп Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
as applied to Hong Kong shall remain in force'
(last paragraph of Section XIII of Annex I to the
Joint Declaration).
Nevertheless,
British
the Chinese side may find it helpful if the
side were to set out further background and details
on how the Covenant applies in practice to Hong Kong.
The Parties to the Covenant are required to
4.
submit
reports
for
Secretary-General
of
the
United
to the
Nations,
transmission to the Economic and Social
Council (the "Council"), on
on the measures they have taken to
effect to the give
in recognized
the Covenant
(Article 16 (1) and (2)(a)). Under its resolution 1985/17,
Council delegated consideration of its reports (Article
the
rights
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