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associate membership or participation in activities without membership. The JLG has confirmed agreement on Hong Kong's continued participation in 29 international organizations after sovereignty reverts to the PRC.

Roughly 200 multilateral agreements are in force in Hong Kong. These include agreements in the fields of customs, conservation, health, trade, transport, marine pollution, drugs, international crime, science and technology and private international law. In most cases, the U.K. is the party and applies the treaties to Hong Kong. In some, Hong Kong is a party in its own right (e.g., GATT). The JLG has reached agreement on the continued application to the HKSAR of about half of these multilateral treaties. Where Hong Kong is not a party in its own right or a treaty does not provide for it to become a party in its own right, the PRC will need to take additional steps if those agreements continue to apply to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong participates in the following international organizations and associations:

Asian Development Bank

Asian and Pacific Development Center

Asia-Pacific Economic Forum

Asia-Pacific Metrology Program

Asia-Pacific Postal Union

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

Asian Productivity Organization

Customs Co-operation Council

Economic and Social Commission for Asia

Pacific Food and Agriculture Organization

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Intergovernmental Typhoon Committee

International Association of Lighthouse Authorities

International Association of Ports and Harbors

International Atomic Energy Agency

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

International Civil Aviation Organization

International Criminal Police Organization

International Development Association

International Finance Corporation

International Hydrographic Organization

International Labor Organization

International Maritime Organization

International Maritime Satellite Organization

International Monetary Fund

International Organization for Standardization

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization. International Telecommunication Union

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

National Conference of Standards Laboratories

Organization for the Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia Pacific Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific

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