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TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK
TELNO 292
OF 131520Z AUGUST 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG
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HONG KONG AND THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION
1.
AS PART OF OUR CONTINUING EXERCISE TO MAINTAIN HONG
KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AFTER
1997 WE AND THE PRC GOVERNMENT HAVE AGREED TO DESPATCH NOTES TO THE
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS RESPECTIVELY REAFFIRMING
HONG KONG'S CURRENT STATUS AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE IMO AND
CONFIRMING THAT THE HONG KONG SAR WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN
ASSOCIATE MEMBER FROM 1 JULY 1997. WE AND THE CHINESE HAVE
CONSULTED THE IMO SECRETARIAT HERE IN LONDON, WHO IN TURN CONSULTED THE UN LEGAL COUNSEL IN NEW YORK, ON THE TEXTS OF THE
NOTES AND ON PROCEDURE GENERALLY. THE RESPONSE WE RECEIVED WAS
THAT THE TEXTS AND PROCEDURE WE PROPOSED WERE IN ORDER AND WOULD
BE ADEQUATE TO ENSURE HONG KONG'S CONTINUED ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP.
WE WERE URGED TO GO AHEAD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
2.
WE AND THE CHINESE HAVE THEREFORE AGREED TO DESPATCH OUR
RESPECTIVE NOTES IN CONCERT TO THE UNSG BEFORE THE END OF AUGUST.
TEXT OF THE UK NOTE IS IN MIFT. TEXT OF THE CHINESE NOTE FOR
INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY IS IN MY SECOND IFT. PLEASE
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