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S.L.C.

1 SEC. 102. PARTICIPATION BY HONG KONG IN MULTILA1.

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ERAL ORGANIZATIONS.

3 It is the sense of the Congress that the following,

4 based on provisions of the Joint Declaration, where appli

5 cable, should be the policy of the Un ted States with re-

6 spect to participation by Hong Kong in multilateral orga

7 nizations after June 30, 1997:

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(1) The United States should support Hong

Kong's participation in appropriate multilateral or

ganizations that are open to non-states and in al

appropriate multilateral international conferences

agreements, and organizat ons, for which it is eligi

ble under the organization':: bylav's.

(2) The United States should continue to fulfil

its obligations to Hong Kong under internationa

agreements, so long as Hong Kong reciprocates, re-

gardless of whether the PRC is a party to the par-

ticular international agreement, unless and until

such obligations are modified or terminated accord-

ing to specified procedures.

(3) The United States should respect Hong

Kong's status as a separate customs territory, and

as a contracting party to the Ger eral Agreement on

Tariffs and Trade, whether or not the PRC partici-

pates in the latter organization.