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Item No.

13.3

1.

13.4

CONFIDENTL

3

Convention

Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit,

Barcelona, 1921

The Convention and its annexed Statute

were concluded in Barcelona on 20 April

1921.

The UK ratified the Convention on 2

August 1992 and Hong Kong was included in the

UK's ratification. The PRC is not a party to

it.

2.

aim

to

secure

The Convention and its annexed Statute

and maintain freedom of

communications and transit for the purpose of

developing co-operation between States. It

proclaims the right of free transit without prejudice to the sovereign rights of States authority over routes available for The Convention is open to accession

by Members of the League of Nations which have not signed it and States not Members of

the League to which the Council of the League

may decide officially to communicate the

Convention (Article 5).

ΟΙ their.

transit.

International

Convention

and

Statute

Concerning the Regime of Navigable Waterways of International Concern, Barcelona, 1921

1.

were

The Convention and its annexed Statute

concluded on 20 April 1921. The UK

ratified the Convention on 2 August 1922, and

Hong

Kong

ratification.

was

included

in

the UK'S

The PRC is not a party to it.

CONFIDENTIAL