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Proposal

5.

The British side

amended by the Protocol)

Hong Kong SAR after 30

Joint Declaration.

propose that the Agreement (as should continue to apply to the June 1997 in accordance with the The Republic of China acceded to both the Agreement and the Protocol. The People's Republic of China informed the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 29 September 1972 that it would examine the contents of treaties signed, ratified OI acceded to before 1 October 1949 before making a decision as to whether or not they should be recognised and acceded to. The British side

the PRC has not yet recognised the Agreement and its Protocol,

understand

necessary

that

for

the

CPG

and it will, therefore, be

to indicate to all present Contracting Parties, and all Governments which may become parties before 1 July 1997, that all the international rights and obligations arising from the Agreement and the Protocol, to the extent that they apply to Hong Kong, will be assumed by the CPG

with effect from 1 July 1997 and apply to the HKSAR of the PRC.

It will further be necessary

SO far as possible that those Contracting Parties either agree, or at least acquiesce. In the opinion of the British side, the best method for securing this objective would be as described in para. 7 of the paper handed to the Chinese side on 15 March 1989.

to

ensure

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