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The Protocol

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لما

6.

Agreement

The Government of the French Republic was invested with certain functions concerning the implementation of the and the Convention. As a result of the formation Nations, a Protocol amending the Convention concluded at Lake Success on 4 May 1949 (text at Annex The Protocol transferred the functions and powerS for

continuous

of the United

was

E).

the

performance

of the

Convention

Nations.

French Government to the United

from

the

The Protocol

into force for the United Kingdom and Hong Kong on

entered

4 May 1949

(reference at Annex F).

Benefit

5.

The

procurement

of Women

and

girls for immoral

purposes

abroad

still

remains a

problem

in

countries

and regions including Hong Kong.

and

the

Convention

important

to

Hong

(as amended by the

effort concerted Kong's

forms of traffic in persons.

various

The Agreement

Protocol)

against such

are

Proposal

6.

The British

side propose that the Agreement and the Convention (as amended by the Protocol) should continue

to

Kong

SAR

after

30

to the apply

Hong

June 1997 in

accordance with the Joint Declaration. The PRC is not a

the Agreement or the Convention as amended and it will therefore be necessary for the CPG to

and all

party to

Protocol,

indicate

to

present

Contracting Parties,

by the

all

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