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3.
The
reservation
United Kingdom ratified both Protocols without
on 14 January 1932. The ratifications included
Hong Kong (reference at Annex C). The Protocols are open
to
accession by any Member of the League of Nations and any
non-Member State mentioned in Article 6.
Benefits
4.
Statelessness
has long been regarded as an
undesirable condition both as a source of inconvenience to
governments and of serious hardship to individuals.
These
Hong Kong is a
two Protocols represent the results of just two of the
various international initiatives that have been taken to
eliminate ΟΙ reduce statelessness.
cosmopolitan centre for trade with substantial movement of
persons through its area.
It is important for general
confidence that the well established rules on this subject
ace seen to continue to apply. In particular, there is a
small population of Eurasians in Hong Kong who are
The Protocol will ensure that their offspring,
stateless.
if born to a mother of Chinese nationality, will be able to
acquire their mother's nationality and will thus reduce the incidence of statelessness in Hong Kong. Under the Special
Protocol, Hong Kong is able to request a State Party to
person who is in Hong Kong and who
admit a stateless
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