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UN committee members to visit Hong Kong
Members of two United Nations (UN) committees are to visit Hong Kong next week at the invitation of the United Kingdom and Hong Kong governments.
The visitors are the Rapporteur of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Professor Virginia Bonoan-Dandan and a member of the Committee, Professor Bruno Simma; as well as the Chairman of the UN Human Rights Committee, Mr Francisco J Aguilar-Urbina and a member of the Committee, Mr Justice Bhagwati.
"The visitors will be here to familiarise themselves with the circumstances of Hong Kong before Britain's latest reports on Hong Kong under the two international covenants are examined at UN this autumn," a government spokesman said today (Thursday).
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will examine the third report on Hong Kong under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on November 26 and 27.
The UN Human Rights Committee will examine the supplementary report on Hong Kong under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on October 23.
This is a follow-up to the fourth report examined by the Committee in October 1995. Mr Aguilar-Urbina also visited Hong Kong last year prior to the examination of the fourth report.
During their stay in Hong Kong, the visitors will meet with Government officials, politicians and non-government organisations.
"We hope that the visitors will be able to obtain a full and complete picture of Hong Kong," the spokesman said.
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