CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELNO 524
OF 17160OZ MARCH 92
CONFIDENTIAL
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HONG KONG TELNO 741: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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1. THE INFORMATION YOU WANTED ON UNITS OF ACCOUNT IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR PAPER ON THE CONVENTION ON THIRD PARTY LIABILITY IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY (YOUR PARA 1) IS CONTINUED IN THE 1982 PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THIRD PARTY LIABILITY IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY 1960 (COPY FOLLOWING BY FAX). THE PROTOCOL ALSO MAKES A NUMBER OF OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE CONVENTION, AND YOUR DRAFT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED IN THE LIGHT OF THESE AMENDMENTS.
2. WE ARE UNABLE TO SHED LIGHT ON THE CONSIDERATION WHICH HAS
BEEN GIVEN RECENTLY TO INCREASING THE FINANCIAL LIMITS OF
LIABILITY UNDER THE CONVENTION.
3.
IN MORE GENERAL TERMS, THE BENEFITS SECTIONS OF THE FIVE PAPERS ON THE 1960 CONVENTION AND ON THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY SPACE OBJECTS 1972 NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED TO MAKE MORE OF THE BENEFITS TO HONG KONG OF THE CONTINUED APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTIONS AFTER 1 JULY 1997. MOREOVER, THE BENEFIT SECTION IN THE PAPER ON THE TREATY ON PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF STATES IN THE EXPLORATION AND USE OF OUTER SPACE INCLUDING THE MOON AND OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES 1967 DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE WHY THE APPLICATION
OF THIS TREATY TO THE HONG KONG SAR AFTER 30 JUNE 1997 WOULD BE OF ANY BENEFIT TO THE SAR. WE DO NOT NEED TO EXPLAIN WHY THE TREATIES ARE OF GENERAL BENEFIT: WE NEED TO PERSUADE THE CHINESE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONTINUED APPLICATION OF THESE TREATIES
FOR THE FUTURE HONG KONG SAR.
4. GRATEFUL TO SEE THE DRAFTS AMENDED IN THE LIGHT OF THESE COMMENTS.
HURD
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