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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING
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HKGOL FOR MARINE ADVISER
YOUR TELNO 537 : HONG KONG PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE AT IMO
OUR PREFERRED ARRANGEMENT IS FOR THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC
SERVICES TO SIGN CREDENTIALS UNDER DELEGATED AUTHORITY FROM THE
GOVERNOR AND FOR THEM TO BE FORWARDED DIRECT TO THE IMO FROM HONG KONG
2.
THIS FOLLOWS EXACTLY THE SAME PROCEDURE AS IN THE APPOINTMENT
OF THE HONG KONG PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE IN THE WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION (WMO). (ANSWER 4 TO THE CHINESE
QUESTION ON WMO HANDED OVER TO THE CHINESE BEFORE JLG IV REFERS).
IT ALSO FOLLOWS THE PRECEDENT SET IN RESPECT OF GATT AND IS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES WE HAVE ADVISED THE CHINESE IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE IMO. PARAGRAPH 5 OF THE PAPER ON HONG KONG'S
PARTICIPATION IN THE IMO, HANDED TO THE CHINESE ON 1 OCTOBER 1986,
MAKES THIS CLEAR.
3.
NONETHELESS, WE APPRECIATE THAT WMO, GATT AND IMO HAVE DIFFERENT RULES AND IF THE IMC SECRETARIAT STRONGLY ADVISE THAT
THE GOVERNOR SHOULD PERSONALLY SIGN CREDENTIALS AS QUOTE HEAD
OF GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE THEN WE HAVE NO STRONG OBJECTION. WE DO, HOWEVER, THINK IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR CREDENTIALS TO BE
ISSUED DIRECT BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN BEING
FORWARDED UNDER A COVERING NOTE FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THE
PROCEDURE FOR ACCREDITATION OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES PROVIDES
THAT THE MEMBER GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOTIFY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF
THE PERSON DESIGNATED. ARTICLE 9 OF THE IMO CONVENTION PROVIDES
THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE OR ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL, MEMBER INCLUDES ASSOCIATE MEMBER. THERE SHOULD THUS BE NO OBJECTION TO OUR PROCEEDING IN THIS WAY.
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MR SLATER
SIR D WILSON
MR MCLAREN MR FIFOOT
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