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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1991

"THE INVITATION ΤΟ HONG KONG TO ATTEND BOTH PARTS OF THE CONFERBNUK WAS ISSUED BY THE WMO AND THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME.

"HONG KONG IS A "TERRITORIAL" MEMBER OF THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION, AS DISTINCT FROM A STATE, GOVERNMENTAL OR UNITED NATIONS MEMBER. BUT HONG KONG IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME, HE SAID.

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WMO'S TERRITORIAL MEMBERSHIP WAS DESIGNED то ENABLE NON- SOVEREIGN ENTITIES WHO MAINTAINED THEIR OWN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES, SUCH AS HONG KONG, ΤΟ PARTICIPATE IN THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION IN A CAPACITY DISTINCT FROM SOVEREIGN STATES, SIR DAVID

SAID.

THE

CONFERENCE WAS SPONSORED BY SIX

INTERNATIONAL

ORGANISATIONS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.

HONG KONG PARTICIPATED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF ONLY TWO OF THESE : THE WHO AND THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION, SIR DAVID ADDED.

"PROCEEDINGS AT THE SECOND WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE WERE GOVERNED BY THE CONFERENCR'S OWN RULES OF PROCEDURE.

WORLD

"THE CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT CONFIRMED THAT INVITATION FLOWED FROM ITS MEMBERSHIP OF THE ORGANISATION, HE SAID.

HONG KONG'S

METROROLOGICAL

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THE HONG KONG DELEGATION ATTENDED THE FIRST PART OF THE CONFERENCE WHICH LASTED SIX DAYS AND FOUND IT VERY USEFUL, SIR DAVID SAID.

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"SHORTLY BEFORE THE SECOND PART OF THE CONFERENCE THAT IS THE DAY MINISTERIAL PART BEGAN THE PRC (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA) QUESTIONED HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION ON THE BASIS THAT IT WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH ITS NON-SOVEREIGN STATUS.

"FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS WITH THE UK GOVERNMENT IT WAS DECIDED THAT,

SINCE THE MATTER COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY BE RESOLVED, THE HONG KONG DELEGATION SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN," SIR DAVID SAID,

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