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FM FCO 131725Z FEB 84

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 266 OF 13 FEBRUARY

OUR TELNO 256: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND

ON REFUGEES: PQS BY ROBERT PARRY MP

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NOT

CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OF 1979 HAS ONLY BEEN SIGNED,

RATIFIED BY THE UK, AND SHOULD THEREFORE BE OMITTED FROM DRAFT

ANSWER IN PARAGRAPH 2(A) OF TUR.

2. WE PROPOSE TO ADD THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE AT THE END OF THE

ANSWER:

'ALL THE OTHERS TO WHICH THE UK IS A PARTY APPLY TO HONG KONG

SUBJECT, IN SOME CASES, TO CERTAIN RESERVATIONS AND

DECLARATIONS WHICH WERE PUBLISHED ON RATIFICATION'.

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