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The Government of the United Kingdom reserve the right not to apply sub-paragraph 1(b) of Article 8 in Hong kong.

The Government of the United Kingdom while recognising. the right of everyone to social security in accordance with Article 9 reserve the right to postpone implementation of the right in the Cayman Islands and the Falkland Islands because of shortage of resources in these territories.

The Government of the United Kingdom reserve the right to postpone the application of paragraph 1 of Article 10 in regard to a small number of customary marriages in the Solomon Islands and the application of paragraph 2 of Article 10 insofar as it cacerms paid maternity leave in Bermuda and the Falkland Islands.

The Government & the United Kingdom maintain the right to postpone the application of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 2

of Article 13, and Article 14, insofar as they require compulsory primary education, in the Gilbert Islands, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.

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Lastly the Government of the United Kingdom declare that the provisions of the Covenant shall not apply to Southern Rhodesia unless and until they inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations that they are in a position to ensure that the obligations imposed by the Covenant in respect of that territory can be fully implemented.

2. Following derogation from the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was entered:

There have been in the United Kingdom in recent years compains of organised terrorism related to Northern Irish affairs which have manifested themselves in activities which have included murder, attempted murder, maining, intimidation and violeut civil disturbance and in bombing and fire-raising which have resulted in death, injury and widespread destruction of

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