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MDLIAN 7183
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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YRTELNO 718: IRO SUB-GROUP MULTILATERAL TREATIES: CONSERVATION
1. WE ACCEPT THAT THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE AND THE CONVENTION FOR THE REGULATION OF WHALING AND ITS PROTOCOL SHOULD CONTINUE TO APPLY TO HONGKONG AFTER 1997. DRAFT PAPERS ARE IN TWO IFTS.
2. AS REGARDS MIFT, GRATEFUL FOR DETAILS OF HMG'S FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTTONS IN RECENT YEARS TO THE WORLD HERITAGE FUND UNDER ARTICLE 16 AND, IF KNOWN, OF ANY CONTRIBUTIONS IN RESPECT OF HONGKONG IN PARTICULAR. THE CHINESE MAY WELL BE SENSITIVE TO ANY FINANCIAL BURDEN ON THE PRC ARISING FROM THE CONTINUED
APPLICATION OF THIS CONVENTION TO THE HKSAR.
3. OUR WHALING PAPER IS PERHAPS A LITTLE THIN, PARTICULARLY ON THE BENEFITS, AND WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SUGGEST AN ADDITIONAL SENTENCE OR TWO.
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