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Mr Rod Bunten,

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Dear Rod

Amnesty

World Conference on Human Rights (WCBR) : Proposal for a National Review on

Protection of Human Rights

We are in receipt of the attached letter from International (AI) calling on the Hong Kong Government to make use of the opportunity of the WCHR to initiate a 'National Review' on the extent to which international human rights convenants have been inplemented in practice. We have prepared a draft reply, and should be grateful for your clearance of it.

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We note from AI's letter that they will be calling all

governments to initiate

Review. a National wonder whether the UK has received such a request and if so, what your response js.

As explained in the draft

reply, our own inclination is to turn down the request. But since Hong Kong will be participating in the Conference as part of the UK delegation and if you decided to initiate such a review in preparation of the Conference, we would obviously have

do likewise. I should be most grateful

to

if you could let us know what the position is by 3017002

April 93, if possible.

Yermas

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( Mrs Jennie Chok )

for Secretary for Constitutional Affairs