TNAG-2796-FCO40-4036-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-international-organisations-1993 — Page 78

CONFIDENTIAL 020/6.

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Hong Kong Government Office

香港政府駐英辦事處

6 Grafton Street London W1X 3LB

Our Ref: IOPC/FUND/MA

Mr. P. Williams

Aviation and Maritime Department

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Whitehall

London SW1

Dear

Paul

3 March 1993

Rod Bunten, HICS.

1.

Grateful for you

دخول

The suggestion that HIC

has observer status at 10PC is susible and

International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPC)

んて

would be willin

to

As spoken on the telephone, consideration has been t

given to Hong Kong attending meetings of the IOPC as an observer.

The International Convention on the Establishment of

reuses

по

an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage nstitute

the United

1971 (FUND 1971) and the

and the 1976 Protocol apply to

apply to the United Kingdom. The Convention has been extended to Hong Kong.

The Fund Convention is administered by the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPC). The IOPC has its own Assembly, Executive Committee and small secretariat.

problems P.Willian

Ам.)

This is, as you know, located in the IMO building but is entirely 270-263

separate from the IMO secretariat.

Article 18(10) of the Fund Convention

Convention states that (subject to Article 26) the functions of the IOPC Assembly shall be:-

"to determine which non-Contracting States and which international non-governmental organisations shall be admmitted to take part, without voting rights, in meetings of the Assembly, the Executive Committee, and subsidiary bodies"

Hong Kong is a party to the Convention by virtue of the extension of the Convention to Hong Kong by the United Kingdom. It is not, however, a "State", neither does Hong Kong fall into any other category listed in Article 18(10). This is therefore a similar situation to the London Convention (on marine dumping) where Hong Kong is, nevertheless, invited to attend as an

"Associate Member of IMO".

WHMZI!

5 Move

Tel: 071-499 9821 Fax: 071-493 1964 071-495 5033

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