WPCM *8ϳK2>C` YAӽnvBHܧk4nnl6@@qhԟ2zsh._P䴢u8ҝ 1|d_ObZS#~<䋧Pbgf5y['Y9skIw@d;6G*L^#~D=Dl^VOԲ3TT7@u G>Y9 &ʋE#kj().g!aN.:݆zc0qmS #UNq % 0:^ w 4#2 m4NKHP PSC 2350 seriesTT0(@ Z6Times New Roman RegularX($UKUS.,Ԓ= UW=wpd3|xU !UKUS.,  _USUK., jXX  89XXdd8BELARUS#X9XjR#UK.,US.,=USUK.,  q_CCPR_   UK.,US., RESERVATIONSANDDECLARATIONS     (Unlessotherwiseindicated,thereservationsanddeclarationsweremadeuponratification, t  accessionorsuccession) `  Note 8    On30September1992,theGovernmentofBelarusnotifiedtheSecretary-Generalitsdecisionto `  withdrawthereservationmadeuponsignatureandconfirmeduponratification..Forthetextofthe L  declarationregardingarticle48 (1)sowithdrawn,seeUnitedNations,TreatySeries,vol.999,p.282. 8  0  [Ed.note:asfollows: (#(# 0  "TheByelorussianSovietSocialistRepublicdeclaresthattheprovisionsofparagraph1of  article26oftheInternationalCovenantonEconomic,SocialandCulturalRightsandof  paragraph1ofarticle48oftheInternationalCovenantonCivilandPoliticalRights,under p whichanumberofStatescannotbecomepartiestotheseCovenants,areofadiscriminatory \ natureandconsidersthattheCovenants,inaccordancewiththeprincipleofsovereign H equalityofStates,shouldbeopenforparticipationbyallStatesconcernedwithoutany 4 discriminationorlimitation."] p(#(# (Note16,ChapterIV.4,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral)  \   USUK.,OBJECTIONSMADETOOTHERSTATESPARTIESRESERVATIONSAND   DECLARATIONS UK.,US.,   Note  ThesignaturewaseffectedbyDemocraticKampuchea.InthisregardtheSecretary-Generalreceived, l! on5November1980,thefollowingcommunicationfromtheGovernmentofMongolia: X"  "TheGovernmentoftheMongolianPeople'sRepublicconsidersthatonlythePeople'sRevolutionary 0$" CouncilofKampucheaasthesoleauthenticandlawfulrepresentativeoftheKampucheanpeoplehas %l # therighttoassumeinternationalobligationsonbehalfoftheKampucheanpeople.Thereforethe &X!$ GovernmentoftheMongolianPeople'sRepublicconsidersthatthesignatureoftheHumanRights &D"% Covenantsbytherepresentativeoftheso-calledDemocraticKampuchea,a_rgime_Ԁthatceasedto '0#& existasaresultofthepeople'srevolutioninKampuchea,isnullandvoid. ($'  ThesigningoftheHumanRightsCovenantsbyanindividual,whose_rgime_Ԁduringitsshortperiod *%) ofreigninKampucheahadexterminatedabout3millionpeopleandhadthusgrosslyviolatedthe +&* _elementarynormsofhumanrights,eachandeveryprovisionoftheHumanRightsCovenantsisa  regrettableprecedence,whichdiscreditsthenobleaimsandloftyprinciplesoftheUnitedNations  Charter,theveryspiritoftheabove-mentionedCovenants,gravelyimpairstheprestigeoftheUnited  Nations." t Thereafter,similarcommunicationswerereceivedfromtheGovernmentofthefollowingStateson L  thedatesindicatedandtheirtextswerecirculatedasdepositarynotificationsor,attherequestofthe 8  Statesconcerned,asofficialdocumentsoftheGeneralAssembly(A/33/781andA/35/784):USUK., $ t State0  0` (#(#0 ` (#` (#0 (# (# h Dateofreceipt 8 (#(# GermanDemocraticRepublic0 h 11Dec1980UK.,US.,:USUK., h(#h(# Poland0 ` 0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#0h(#(#12Dec1980UK.,US.,@USUK., h(#h(# Ukraine0 ` 0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#0h(#(#16Dec1980UK.,US.,USUK.,ph(#h(# Hungary0 ` 0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#0h(#(#19Jan1981UK.,US.,USUK.,Hh(#h(# Bulgaria0 ` 0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#0h(#(#29Jan1981UK.,US.,8USUK., ph(#h(# Belarus0 ` 0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#0h(#(#18Feb1981UK.,US.,USUK.,Hh(#h(# dddRussianFederation0 0 (# (#0h(#(#UK.,US.,USUK.,18Feb1981dUK.,US.,+ h(#h(# Czechoslovakia0 0 (# (#0h(#(#10Mar1981]h(#h(# (Note3,ChapterIV.4,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral)    ***** l kNote X  [TheCovenantwas][_s]igned_ԀonbehalfoftheRepublicofChinaon5October1967.Seenote1 0"  under"China"inthe"HistoricalInformation"sectioninthefrontmatterofUSUK.,Ԁ[theelectronicversion #l! onthewebsiteoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral; $X" UK.,US.,USUK.,http://treaties.un.org/pages/HistoricalInfo.aspxUK.,US.,nUSUK.,].UK.,US.,USUK., $D # [Ed.note:note1underChinaisasfollows: &"% China (#' Note1 |*%) UK.,US.,USUK., h+&* _Signatures,ratifications,accessions,etc.onbehalfofChina.  ChinaisanoriginalMemberoftheUnitedNations,theCharterhavingbeensignedandratifiedon  itsbehalf,on26Juneand28September1945,respectively,bytheGovernmentoftheRepublicof t China,whichcontinuedtorepresentChinaintheUnitedNationsuntil25October1971. ` On25October1971,theGeneralAssemblyoftheUnitedNationsadopteditsresolution2758 8  (XXVI),readingasfollows: $ t "TheGeneralAssembly.  L  RecallingtheprinciplesoftheCharteroftheUnitedNations, $  ConsideringthattherestorationofthelawfulrightsofthePeoplesRepublicofChinaisessential   bothfortheprotectionoftheCharteroftheUnitedNationsandforthecausethattheUnited   NationsmustserveundertheCharter,   RecognizingthattherepresentativesoftheGovernmentofthePeoplesRepublicofChinaarethe \ onlylawfulrepresentativesofChinatotheUnitedNationsandthatthePeoplesRepublicofChina H isoneofthefivepermanentmembersoftheSecurityCouncil, 4 DecidestorestoreallitsrightstothePeoplesRepublicofChinaandtorecognizethe  \ representativesofitsGovernmentastheonlylegitimaterepresentativesofChinatotheUnited H Nations,andtoexpelforthwiththerepresentativesofChiangKaishekfromtheplacewhichthey 4 unlawfullyoccupyattheUnitedNationsandinalltheorganizationsrelatedtoit."   TheUnitedNationshadbeennotifiedon18November1949oftheformation,on1October1949,  oftheCentralPeoplesGovernmentofthePeoplesRepublicofChina.Proposalstoeffectachange  intherepresentationofChinaintheUnitedNationssubsequenttothattimewerenotapproveduntil  theresolutionquotedabovewasadopted. l On29September1972,acommunicationwasreceivedbytheSecretaryGeneralfromtheMinister D! forForeignAffairsofthePeoplesRepublicofChinastating: 0"  "1.Withregardtothemultilateraltreatiessigned,ratifiedoraccededtobythedefunctChinese $X" governmentbeforetheestablishmentoftheGovernmentofthePeoplesRepublicofChina,my $D # Governmentwillexaminetheircontentsbeforemakingadecisioninthelightofthecircumstances %0!$ astowhetherornottheyshouldberecognized. &"% 2.AsfromOctober1,1949,thedayofthefoundingofthePeoplesRepublicofChina,theChiang (#' KaishekcliquehasnorightatalltorepresentChina.Itssignatureandratificationof,oraccession )$( to,anymultilateraltreatiesbyusurpingthenameofChinaareallillegalandnullandvoid.My |*%) Governmentwillstudythesemultilateraltreatiesbeforemakingadecisioninthelightofthe h+&* circumstancesastowhetherornottheyshouldbeaccededto."  AllentriesrecordedthroughoutthispublicationinrespectofChinarefertoactionstakenbythe  authoritiesrepresentingChinaintheUnitedNationsatthetimeofthoseactions.] t UK.,US.,Withreferencetotheabove-mentionedsignature,communicationshavebeenaddressedtothe L  Secretary-GeneralbythePermanentRepresentativesofPermanentMissionstotheUnitedNations 8  ofBulgaria,ByelorussianSSR,Czechoslovakia,Mongolia,Romania,theUkrainianSSR,theUnion $ t ofSovietSocialistRepublicsandYugoslavia,statingthattheirGovernmentsdidnotrecognizethe  ` saidsignatureasvalidsincetheonlyGovernmentauthorizedtorepresentChinaandtoassume  L  obligationsonitsbehalfwastheGovernmentofthePeople'sRepublicofChina.  8  InlettersaddressedtotheSecretary-Generalinregardtotheabove-mentionedcommunications,the   PermanentRepresentativeofChinatotheUnitedNationsstatedthattheRepublicofChina,a   sovereignStateandMemberoftheUnitedNations,hadattendedthetwenty-firstregularsessionof   theGeneralAssemblyoftheUnitedNationsandcontributedtotheformulationof,andsignedthe   CovenantsandtheOptionalProtocolconcerned,andthat"anystatementsorreservationsrelatingto p theabove-mentionedCovenantsandOptionalProtocolthatareincompatiblewithorderogatoryto \ thelegitimatepositionoftheGovernmentoftheRepublicofChinashallinnowayaffecttherights H andobligationsoftheRepublicofChinaundertheseCovenantsandOptionalProtocol".USUK., 4 UK.,US.,.(Note4,ChapterIV.4,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral)USUK.,  p UK.,US.,;/ DECLARATIONRE:ARTICLE41  4 30September1992   TheRepublicofBelarusdeclaresthatitrecognizesthecompetenceoftheCommitteeonHuman  Rightsinaccordancewitharticle41oftheInternationalCovenantonCivilandPoliticalRightsto  receiveandconsidercommunicationstotheeffectthataStatePartytotheInternationalCovenant l onCivilandPoliticalRightsclaimsthatanotherStatePartyisnotfulfillingitsobligationsunderthe X  Covenant. 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