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Benefit

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4.

Hong Kong

а is

importance

to human

modern city which attaches great rights, not least the right to life.

Continued

application

of

the

Convention

to Hong Kong is

necessary

to

uphold

Hong

Kong's position

in the

international

community

in this respect.

It will also

ensure

that,

is perpetuated

accordance

in the unlikely event that an act of genocide it will be dealt with in

in

Kong, Hong

with internationally

agreed practices

through close international cooperation.

Proposal

and

that the

Convention

British side propose continue to apply to the Hong Kong SAR after 30 June

5.

The

should

1997 in accordance

People's

with the Joint

Declaration.

The

Republic

of

China became party to the Convention

on

be

18 April 1983 and, provided that it remains so, it will

necessary

only

and obligations

to ensure that the international rights

currently

affecting Hong Kong are fully

preserved in a manner consistent with the Joint Declaration

and to consider

regard.

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whether any action

needed is

in this

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