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2 June 1992

CONFIDENTIAL

JRA Hanratty

Principal Crown Counsel (International Law)

Attorney General's Chambers

HONG KONG

Foreign & Commonwealth

Office

London SW1A 2AH

&

PA

HKC 370/13

3 TUN 1997

James

LOCALISATION OF LAWS: UNITED NATIONS ACT 1946

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Thank you for your letter of 26 May seeking our advice on whether or not it will be necessary to localise the United Nations Act 1946 with its corresponding Orders in Council.

I agree, and Departmental Legal Advisers concur, that there is no point in localising the 1946 Act. As you explain in your letter, according to Article 3 (para 2) of the Joint Declaration, foreign and defence affairs of the HKSAR will be the responsibilities of the Central People's Government of the PRC. The application of mandatory sanctions of the United Nations clearly falls within this category. It will be for the CPG to ensure that from 1 July 1997 necessary provisions are in place so that mandatory sanctions will be enforced in the HKSAR as in the rest of the PRC.

Perhaps it would be worthwhile in due course raising this with the Chinese side in the IRO sub-group?

Yes sincerel

PF Ricketts

Peter Picketts

Hong Kong Department

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