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Article

11 (2)

of

onclusion

requires States Parties to promote bilateral or multilateral agreements or

ion to existing agreements to combat the illicit er and non-return of children abroad. The United

is already a Party to the Hague Convention on the Of Children and International Child Abduction and consider whether that Convention should be extended to Kong.

conclude that such extension would be :iate, we will consult the Chinese side in the usual

IE we

As the application of this Convention will confer rights and obligations on Hong Kong, and

ternational

is intended

.ions

we

that such international rights and should continue to apply to Hong Kong after

are accordingly consulting the Chinese side under reed guidelines for consultation. If we hear nothing in 10 days, we will assume that the Chinese side has no ction in principle to the extension of the Convention Hong Kong, and its continued application to the Hong The specific measures for the

SAR

after 1997.

ed

application of the international rights and ions of this Convention will be discussed in the IRO up in due course.

of the British Senior Representative, itish Joint Liaison Group

1992

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