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FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

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MY 2ND IPT: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: CONSERVATION.

1. THE DRAFT PAPER REFERRED TO IN PARA 1(B) OF TUR IS AS FOLLOWS

BEGINS

''THE PLANT PROTECTION AGREEMENT FOR THE SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION (TEXT AT ANNEX A) IS A SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE III OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONVENTION OF 1951. THE AGREEMENT WAS CONCLUDED ON 27 FEBRUARY 1956 IN ROME AND ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 2 JULY 1956. IT SETS OUT MEASURES AND PROVISIONS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION INTO AND SPREAD WITHIN THE SOUTH EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION OF DESTRUCTIVE PLANT DISEASES AND PESTS (ARTICLES III, IV AND V). PROVISIONS FOR GENERAL EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS, AND SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES ARE PROVIDED IN ARTICLES VI AND VII RESPECTIVELY.

2. A REGIONAL COMMITTEE, THE PLANT PROTECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE SOUTH EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION (PPC) WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER ARTICLE II OF THE AGREEMENT IN JULY 1956 AND IS A SUBSIDIARY BODY OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION (FAO) OF THE UNITED NATIONS. ITS FUNCTIONS INCLUDE DETERMINING PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT THE AGREEMENT, REVIEWING REPORTS SUBMITTED BY CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS AND CONSIDERATING PROBLEMS REQUIRING COOPERATION ON A REGIONAL BASIS.

3. AT ITS SIXTH SESSION IN ROME IN NOVEMBER 1967, PPC RECOMMENDED AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I(A) OF THE AGREEMENT WHICH REDEFINED THE SOUTH EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION TO INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER PLACES, HONG KONG (TEXT AT ANNEX B). THIS AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION 2/49 OF THE FAO COUNCIL AT ITS FORTY-NINTH SESSION IN 1967 AND CAME INTO FORCE IN AUGUST 1969. AT ITS ELEVENTH SESSION IN SEPTEMBER 1978, THE PPC PROPOSED CHANGING ITS NAME TO THE 'ASIA AND PACIFIC PLANT PROTECTION COMMISSION'' (APPPC) AND THE CHANGE CAME INTO EFFECT ON 16 FEBRUARY 1983.

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