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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, NEW DELHI, TOKYO
MIPT: HONG KONG AND GATT
1.
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF INDIAN STATEMENT:
BEGINS
MR CHAIRMAN,
IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING HELD
ON 22 MAY 1986 WE HAD MADE A BRIEF STATEMENT CONCERNING HONG
KONG'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROCEDURES OF ARTICLE XXVI:5(C) AND, WHILE RESERVING OUR RIGHTS
IN THIS REGARD, STATED OUR INTENTION TO REVERT TO THIS MATTER AT
A FUTURE MEETING.
2.
MR CHAIRMAN, OUR AUTHORITIES ARE OF THE VIEW THAT WHILE
WE RECOGNISE HONG KONG AS A CONTRACTING PARTY TO GATT IN VIEW OF
THE DECLARATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM,
(CONTAINED IN DOCUMENT L/5986 DATED 24 APRIL 1986), WE FIND IT
DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT THE STATUS OF HONG KONG AS A CONTRACTING
PARTY WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 1997 ON THE BASIS OF THE
COMMUNICATION FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA CONTAINED IN
DOCUMENT L/5987 DATED APRIL 24, 1986. HIS IS NOT ONLY BECAUSE
CHINA IS NOT A CONTRACTING PARTY TO GATT TODAY BUT ALSO BECAUSE
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