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3

Joint

to

is

not

to

the

Declaration.

The PRC

a party Convention, and it will therefore be necessary for the CPG indicate to all present Contracting Parties, and all Governments which may become parties before 1 July 1997, that ali the international rights and obligations arising from the Convention and the Protocol, to the extent that they apply to Hong Kong, will be assumed by the CPG with effect from 1 July 1997 and apply to the HKSAR of the PRC.

SO far it

as possible will further be necessary to ensure that those Contracting Parties either agree, or at least

acquiesce.

In the opinion of the British side, the best method for securing this objective would be as described in para. 7 of the paper handed to the Chinese side on 15 March

1989.

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