TNAG-2110-FCO40-3009-Hong-Kong-participation-in-international-organisations-1990 — Page 72

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18 SEP 1990

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024511 MDLOAN 7107

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FM FCO

TO ROUTINE ANGUILLA

TELNO 131

OF 17154OZ SEPTEMBER 90

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ITU. fm 1875

AND TO ROUTINE HAMILTON, TORTOLA, GRAND CAYMAN, PORT STANLEY

AND TO ROUTINE GIBRALTAR, HONG KONG, PLYMOUTH, WELLINGTON AND TO ROUTINE ST HELENA, GRAND TURK

UK RATIFICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU) CONSTITUTION AND CONVENTION, NICE 1989

SUMMARY

1.

DTI INTEND TO RATIFY THE NEW ITU CONSTITUTION AND CONVENTION, ADOPTED AT THE ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE IN NICE IN MAY/JUNE 1989. GRATEFUL TO KNOW, BY 30 OCTOBER, IF YOU OR YOUR HOST GOVERNMENT WISH TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH HMG'S INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION, WHICH WILL, AS PREVIOUSLY, MENTION THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES BY NAME.

BACKGROUND

2.

THE PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE OF THE ITU, WHICH IS HELD EVERY 6-8 YEARS, REVISES THE ORGANISATION'S CONVENTION AND THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES PRESENT SIGN THE RESULTING NEW CONVENTION. PLENIPOTENTIARIES AT NICE DECIDED THAT THE EXISTING 1982 NAIROBI CONVENTION SHOULD BE SPLIT INTO A PERMANENT CONSTITUTION AND A CONVENTION CONTAINING LESS FUNDAMENTAL PROVISIONS. A COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION AND CONVENTION, FOR INFORMATION, WILL FOLLOW BY BAG, WITH A SUMMARY OF THE MAIN CONFERENCE DECISIONS AND DETAILS OF UK RESERVATIONS ENTERED AT NICE, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE UK INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION.

3.

THE NICE CONSTITUTION AND CONVENTION WILL BE RATIFIED

SIMULTANEOUSLY BY ONE INSTRUMENT AND WILL ENTER INTO FORCE 30 DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT, BY MEMBERS OF THE UNION, OF THE 55TH INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION. TWO YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE, A MEMBER WHICH HAS NOT DEPOSITED AN INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION SHALL NO LONGER BE ENTITLED TO VOTE AT ANY ITU CONFERENCE. IT IS OBVIOUSLY IN OUR INTERESTS TO RATIFY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DTI EXPECT THE NICE INSTRUMENTS TO ENTER INTO

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