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member is approved by the Council".

15. The British Side propose that in parallel to its

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declaration to the GATT, under GATT Article XXVI (5)(c), the United Kingdom should, at the same time, make a parallel declaration under Article II (a)(ii) of the convention, sponsoring Hong Kong's

The British side further propose that:

membership of the Council.

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(i) For the reasons given in paragraphs) above appropriate if Hong Kong and the Government of the PRC were to submit their own separate statements to the Secretary General of the

CCC;

(ii) The Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of the PRC should together take whatever steps they consider necessary to

and subsephely approves ensure that the Council looks favourably upon separate membership

for Hong Kong.

16. Appendix 2 to this paper contains the British side's proposals for the three kinds of declaration which, under the Article II(a)(ii) procedure, could be submitted to the Secretary General by

the CCC.

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