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Written Answers
8 NOVEMBER 1978
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Mr. Rowlands: It has been reported that ZANU is holding three United King- dom citizens in Mozambique. embassy in Maputo has addressed re- peated inquiries about them to the Mozambican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Inquiries have also been made by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Conventions
Mr. Stanbrook asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the States which are parties to the Tokyo, Hague and Montreal Conventions, respectively, indi- cating in each case under what statutory or other authority the provisions of the conventions are enforceable in the United Kingdom by cach of the States named.
Mr. Judd: According to latest avail- able information, the following States have ratified or acceded to the Tokyo Convention on Offences and certain other acts committed on board Aircraft, 1963:
Afghanistan
Argentine Republic
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Brazil
Burundi
Canada
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Germany, Federal Republic of
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland, Republic of
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Korea, Republic of Laos
Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mexico Morocco Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger Nigeria
Norway
Oman Pakistan Panama
Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal
Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Spain
Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States of America
Upper Volta
Uruguay
Yugoslavia
Zaire
Zambia
The Tokyo Convention is implemented by the following Acts:
(i) The Tokyo Convention Act 1967.
(ii) The Extradition Acts (for foreign States).
(iii) The Backing of Warrants Act (Repub- lic of Ireland) 1965 (for the Republic of Ireland).
(iv) The Fugitive Offenders Act 1967 (for Commonwealth States).
According to
the latest available information, the following States have ratified or acceded to the Hague Con- vention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizures of Aircraft 1970:
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
United States
Argentine Republic
Australia
Austria
Bahamas Bangladesh
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