TNAG-2859-FCO40-4113-Application-of-the-International-Covenant-on-Civil-and-Polit-1993 — Page 55

CODE 18-77

میر

Reference.................................................................

HKC 241/1

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

1893

DESK OFFICER INDEX

REGISTRY

ZA

Action Taken

From: N D Parker Assistant Legal Adviser K275 270 3067

Date:

4 February 1993

Cc: Ms J Barrett, Assistant

Legal Adviser

Mr Greenwood, FED Mr Bunten, HKD

Mr Baker

HRPU

ICCPR : HONG KONG

5

1. Your minute of 2 February 1993.

2.

The Joint Declaration provides that the provisions of both Covenants, as applied to Hong Kong, will remain in force after 1997. The mechanism under which reporting to the Human Rights Committee will continue has yet to be agreed with the Chinese, but it is hoped that the present practice whereby Hong Kong itself prepares the report and attends the oral hearings will continue.

3.

I understand that this issue was the subject of a great deal of work before our last examination before the Human Rights Committee in April 1991. There should be detailed briefing on UND and HKD files.

N D Parker