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Government of the People's Republic of China cannot undertake that effect will be given in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to article 25, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Convention, and can only undertake that the provisions of paragraph 3 of the said article will be applied in the Hong
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Special Administrative Region so far as the law there allows.Within the above ambit, responsibility for the international rights and obligations of a Party to the will be assumed by the Government of the People's Republic of China.
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Convention will be applied in the form compatible with the special nature of the State of the Vatican City and without prejudice to the norms that grant access thereunto and sojourn
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States parties and signatories to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of
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was promulgated on 28 July 1951. Despite an original intention, it did not include any content about the status of
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Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
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Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
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Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
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Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
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International Migration Law – A General Introduction
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Contracting States shall facilitate assimilation and
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Convention Regarding the Status of Stateless Persons
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