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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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IRO Sub-Group : Multilateral Treaties: (Mservation

OUR TELEGRAM NO.771: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES:

CONSERVATION.

PARA 3 OF TUR: IN THE TWO IFTS ARE DRAFT PAPERS ON

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(A) CONVENTION ON WETLANDS OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE ESPECIALLY AS WATERFOWL HABITAT (ITEM 2.7): AND

(B) CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS (ITEM 2.10).

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS A.S.A.P. PLEASE SUPPLY THE DATES ON WHICH THESE TWO CONVENTIONS ENTERED INTO FORCE.

2. AS IN THE CASE OF HEALTH TREATIES (TUR REFERS), BOTH THE ABOVE CONSERVATION TREATIES ARE NOT DEPOSITED WITH THE UN. WE SUGGEST ATTACHING TO THE FIRST PAPER ON WETLANDS AS ANNEX B AN EXTRACT FROM THE UK TREATY SERIES 34(1976) AS EVIDENCE OF RATIFICATION AND, FAILING A BETTER ALTERNATIVE, AN EXTRACT FROM THE BOOK ENTITLED MULTILATERAL TREATIES, BY BOWMAN AND HARRIS, AS EVIDENCE OF THE APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION TO HONG KONG.

3. FOR THE SECOND PAPER, WE DO NOT HAVE RELEVANT EXTRACTS OF UK TREATY SERIES. GRATEFUL FOR COPIES.

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