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for land mobile satellite communications. It is likely to

before these amendments enter into

be a number of years before

force.

2.

Operating Agreement

the Convention). Such an Agreement

An essential feature of the Convention is that it

provides for the conclusion of an

(Article 2(2) of

entered into

into force on 16 July 1979,

original Convention.

with the

together with

Amendments to the Operating

Agreement adopted on 16 October 1985 will also enter into

force on 13 October 1989 in accordance with Article XVIII

of the Operating Agreement and in line with the amended

Convention.

3.

A "Party" to the

Convention must be a State

A "Signatory" to

(Article 1(b) of the Convention).

to the

Operating Agreement must either be a Party to the

Convention or an entity designated by a Party (Article

1(c) of the Convention).

4.

The UK is a Party to the Convention.

instrument of ratification was

The UK

deposited on 30 April

1979. The Convention contains no territorial application

provisions, and accordingly the Convention applies to Hong

Kong by virtue of the United Kingdom's ratification.

Article 32 (3) of the Convention enables a Party to declare

to which Registers of ships, and to which land earth

jurisdiction the Convention shall

stations under its

apply.

Pursuant to

this

article, the United Kingdom