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MILNAN 2483 OCMIAN 2483
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TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK
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OF 131515Z AUGUST 87
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MIPT: HONG KONG AND THE IMO.
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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF UK NOTE TO UN SECRETARY GENERAL.
BEGINS
I AM INSTRUCTED BY HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS TO REFER TO THE DECLARATION MADE BY THE UNITED KINGDOM ON 6 JUNE 1967 CONCERNING THE APPLICATION TO HONG KONG OF THE CONVENTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION, SIGNED IN GENEVA ON 6 MARCH 1948. BY VIRTUE OF THAT DECLARATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 72(A) AND 8 OF THE CONVENTION, HONG KONG BECAME AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE ORGANISATION WITH EFFECT FROM 7 JUNE
1967.
I AM ALSO INSTRUCTED TO STATE THAT HAVING REGARD TO THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITIAN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
SIGNED PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, IN BEIJING ON 19 DECEMBER 1984, THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL RESTORE HONG KONG TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1997 AND THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
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