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CONT

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4.

Convention

The United

Kingdom acceded to the General

on 17 September 1946. The accession included

Hong Kong and the Convention entered into force for the

territory on

the same date (reference at Annex E).

5.

By Resolution 179(11) adopted on 21 November 1947

Assembly also approved the convention on the

the General

the United

with each

Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of

Nations, together with draft annexes dealing

individual specialized agency (text at Annex F).

text for each Annex was approved by the

agency concerned in

accordance with its

The

final

specialized

The Convention is open to

constitutional procedure.

accession by a Member of the United Nations and any State

Member of a specialised agency. Under Article XI, section

43 each State Party must indicate in its instrument of

accession, the specialized agency or agencies in respect of

which it undertakes to apply the provisions of the

Convention.

6.

the

The United

Privileges and

Kingdom acceded to the Convention on

Immunities of the Specialized Agencies

on

16 August 1949

and has made

various subsequent

notifications

under

section 43.

The accession and

subsequent notifications included

Hong Kong (reference at

Annex G).

CONFIDENTIAL