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FM FCO 101745Z FEB 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 256 OF 10 FEBRUARY
02215
HKK
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
1 CFEB 1984
"HY
KER
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND ON REFUGEES:
PQS BY ROBERT PARRY MP
1.
ROBERT PARRY MP HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FOR
PRIORITY WRITTEN REPLY ON 16 FEBRUARY:
(A) BEGINS: TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, IF HE WILL STATE WHAT INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY THE
UNITED KINGDOM BUT NOT RATIFIED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.ENDS.
(B) BEGINS: TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, WHY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES WHICH HAS BEEN RATIFIED BY THE
UNITED KINGDOM IS NOT OBSERVED IN HONG KONG. ENDS.
2.
WE SUGGEST FOLLOWING REPLIES:
(A) BEGINS: OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS TO WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM IS A PARTY, CONTAINED IN THE UN LIST OF INSTRUMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, THE FOLLOWING SIX HAVE
NOT BEEN APPLIED TO HONG KONG:
1. (Date of and option ~)
THE CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES OF 1951.
THE PROTOCOL OF 1953 AMENDING THE SLAVERY CONVENTION SIGNED AT
GENEVA ON 25 SEPTEMBER 1926.
THE CONVENTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION OF 1960.
14 1966 THE PROTOCOL OF 1966/RELATING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES.
THE PROTOCOL OF 1962 INSTITUTING A CONCILIATION AND GOOD
OFFICES COMMISSION TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEKING A SETTLEMENT
OF ANY DISPUTES WHICH MAY ARISE BETWEEN STATES PARTIES TO THE
CONVENTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION.
THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF
[THE
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OF 1979] ENDS.
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