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International Agreement for the Suppression

of the White Slave Traffic, Paris 1904 International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, Paris 1910 Protocol amending the Agreement and the Convention, Lake Success 1949

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Items 8.1 8.2

Both

Suppression of

and

procurement

the

Agreement International

for

the

the White

Slave Traffic ("the Agreement")

the International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic ("the Convention") aim to suppress the of women or girls for immoral purposes abroad, the "White Slave Traffic" such procurement becomes known as

(texts at Annexes A and B).

The Agreement

2.

The

Agreement

1904 and entered into

Kingdom

the ratified

was

at concluded

force on 18 July 1905.

on Agreement

13 January

Paris on 18 May

The United

1905 and

applied it to Hong Kong in 1907 (reference at Annex C). Under Article 7, any non-signatory states can adhere to the

Agreement.

3.

The

Agreement requires

Contracting

Parties

to

E

Co-ordinate all information concerning the procurement of women and girls for immoral purposes abroad (Article 1). The co-ordinating authority for this purpose in Hong Kong → Contracting Parties also undertake to have the declarations taken of women or girls of foreign nationality who are prostitutes in order to establish their identity and civil status and to communicate such information to

is

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