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FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 2677
OF 110415Z NOVEMBER 92
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
JLG RESTRICTED.
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YOUR TELNO 1543: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: NATIONALITY AND REFUGEES CATEGORY.
1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TUR. WE HAVE TODAY HANDED OVER THE FOUR IRO SUB-GROUP DISCUSSION PAPERS ON ITEMS 14.1-14.1(1), 14.1(2)- 14.1(3), 14.2 AND 14.3.
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PARA 2 OF TUR: WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO MAKE AN EXPLICIT REFERENCE IN PAPERS 14.2 AND 14.3 TO THE CONTINUED APPLICATION OF RESERVATIONS MADE BY THE UK IN RESPECT OF THESE TWO CONVENTIONS. AS IN THE CASE OF ALMOST ALL OUR PREVIOUS CONSULTATION PAPERS, WE BELIEVE THAT OUR STANDARD PROPOSAL PARAGRAPH ALREADY INDICATES OUR ESTABLISHED LINE THAT ALL EXISTING IRO'S SHOULD CONTINUE AFTER 1997 (I.E. SUBJECT TO ALL UK RESERVATIONS). THE CONSULTATION PAPERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES, IN WHICH WE PROPOSED THAT SOME OF THE UK RESERVATIONS SHOULD NOT CONTINUE AFTER 1997, REPRESENTED AN EXCEPTION. THE EXCEPTION WAS MADE BECAUSE SOME OF THE CONVENTIONS WERE VERY OLD AND SOME RESERVATIONS NO LONGER MET HONG KONG'S PARTICULAR NEEDS. IN ANY CASE, THE CHINESE SIDE HAVE, IN THE PAST, PUT ASIDE THE QUESTION OF THE APPLICATION OF UK RESERVATIONS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION WHEN THE TWO SIDES DEAL WITH THE PRACTICAL MECHANISM FOR ENSURING THE CONTINUED APPLICATION OF IRO'S.
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