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CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BR
港下亞畢道
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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HONG KONG
3 September 1993
R&R.
Mr R AJ Bunten
Hong Kong Department
Foreign & Commonwealth office
London SW1A 2AH
United Kingdom
040/3
RECEIVED BAT
SE 1993
NX
on lal
refers.
the
13th UN Regional Cartographic Confetenge
for Asia and the Pacific, May 1994
Your letter of 23
August on the above subject
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It has been bur understanding up until now that artographic Conference was arranged under the auspices for Asia and the of the Economic and Social Pacific (ESCAP).
ESCAP
Co.amittee
in our
When we discussed HK's continued participation in with the
side, Chinese
we specified consultation paper that Hong Kong took part as an Associate Member in all ESCAP activities, in its own name, and not as The Chinese side a part of a United Kingdom delegation. subs uently agreed in May 1987 that HK could continue to be an
associate member of ESCAP and participate in its wn right in the conferences and activities of ESCAP and subordinate correct,
1997.
bodies after therefore, the Chinese
objecting to
If our understanding: would have no ground for
participation
ESCAP.
Hong Kong's separate
Member of Associate
like
as an
in the In this Conference
to note that the Hong Kong regard, you may
have always
the Cartographic attended representat. es
Kong Hong and been
behind the seated The PRC has
been represented at this Conference
Conference
plate.
--
name
since 1998 ad has not raised a query on this arrangement. at any of the four conferences they have participated in.
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