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YOUR TELNO 518: UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

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TEXT OF CHINESE STATEMENT MADE AT TIME OF DEPOSITORY OF INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION.

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2. FOLLOWING IS AN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF THE TEXT OF THE CHINESE STATEMENT MADE AT THE TIME OF DEPOSITORY OF THE INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION: THE TEXT WAS PROVIDED BY TREATY SECTION OF THE UN OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS (PLEASE PROTECT):

BEGINS

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECISION TAKEN BY THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE SEVENTH NATIONAL PEOPLES' CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA AT ITS 23RD MEETING, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAS RATIFIED THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD SIGNED BY LI DAOYU, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA, ON 29 AUGUST 1990, AND DECLARES IN THE MEANTIME THAT THE PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA SHALL FULFIL ITS OBLIGATIONS PROVIDED BY THE ARTICLE 6 OF THE CONVENTION UNDER THE PREREQUISITE THAT THE CONVENTION ACCORDS WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 25 CONCERNING FAMILY PLANNING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 2 OF THE LAW OF MINOR CHILDREN OF THE PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

SIGNED YANG SHANGKUN (PRESIDENT, PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA) SIGNED QIAN QICHEN (MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA), BEIJING, 31 JANUARY 1992

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