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Proposal

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It

The British side proposes that the Convention, as

applied to Hong Kong, should continue to apply to the long

Kong SAR after 30

June 1997 in accordance with the Joint

Declaration. The PRC is not a party to the Convention.

will therefore be necessary for the CPG to indicate to all

present Contracting Parties and all Governments which may

become parties before

July 1997, that all the

obligations arising from the

international rights and

1

Convention, to the ex tent 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.

necessary

to

ensure

It will further be

SQ 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.

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