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Article 9 (1) stipulates that reports are required Y two years after the submission of an initial report. practice, the Hong Kong Government- has prepared the its of such reports insofar as they concern Hong Kong in jultation with the UK Government. These draft reports

sent to the United Kingdom Government for ission to the committee. The Chinese side may find it

>ful, in connection with reports on the Hong Kong SAR

: they will be submitting to the committee after 1997,

lave copies of past reports which are at Annex D.

then

efit

The application of the Convention to Hong Kong lies the Hong Kong Government's commitment to prevent

ind combat racial discrimination. Continued application of

to Hong Kong will be an important.

.emonstration of the fact that, after 1997, that commitment

remain unchanged.

The

Convention

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1ld

-ided

The British side propose that the Convention

continue to apply to the Hong Kong SAR after 30 June

that it

7 in accordance with the Joint Declaration. The PRC

ime party to the Convention on 29 December 1981 and, remains so, it will be necessary only to

international rights and obligations Hong Kong are fully preserved in a

with the Joint Declaration and to

re

that

the

cently affecting

ier

consistent

sider whether any action is needed in this regard.

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