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11.

Article

11 (2)

of

the conclusion

accession to

transfer and

requires

States Parties to promote

bilateral or multilateral agreements or

existing agreements to combat the illicit

non-return of children abroad. The United

Kingdom is already a Party to the Hague Convention on the

Custody of Children and International Child Abduction and

will consider whether that Convention should be extended to

Hong Kong.

conclude that such extension would be

appropriate,

will consult the Chinese side in the usual

way.

If

we

we

12.

new

As the application of this Convention will confer

international rights and obligations on Hong Kong, and

as it is intended that such international rights and

obligations should continue to apply to Hong Kong after

1997, we are accordingly consulting the Chinese side under

the agreed guidelines for consultation. If we hear nothing within 40 days, we will assume that the Chinese side has no

objection in principle to the extension of the Convention continued application to the Hong

The specific measures for the

continued application of the international rights and

obligations of this Convention will be discussed in the IRO

Sub-group in due course.

to Hong Kong, and its

Kong SAR after 1997.

office of the British Senior Representative,

Sino-British Joint Liaison Group

3 April 1992

JL-P-28

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