WPCM !νVmu_T"SM~|r|x*'Ep?b% AhyH݆ftԼTt@:]2&46v z㗍,# X`Sy LJچД8 6^+{s{ҋpD+<#*[TaquxlJ\t%JE3hE5沢(_]/ yݠf-}!XFY5ݥ.#EuT<X|Z羀ʚ(i@ۣx8`{D7J2}@PǓfx?ϏRAI=0\a\ ay4p. qG}%&7d'<l ':H s#\np&4Q^&IGH^#nRC̼‰/.^C@;B0/GJ c< L_,Q\ #UNq % 0:^ w 4#2 m4NKHP PSC 2350 seriesTT0(@ Z6Times New Roman RegularX($UKUS.,dp= UW=rtyBar3|xU !UKUS.,  _ USUK.,xqXX8XXdd8  BELARUS#XXxqR#    _CCPR_ԀOPTIONALPROTOCOL   UK.,US.,@ USUK.,OBJECTIONSMADETOOTHERSTATESPARTIESRESERVATIONSAND  DECLARATIONSUK.,US.,USUK., t   Note L  UK.,US.,[TheProtocolwas][_s]igned_ԀonbehalfoftheRepublicofChinaon5October1967.Seenote1 $ t  under"China"inthe"HistoricalInformation"sectioninthefrontmatterofUSUK.,[theelectronicversion `  onthewebsiteoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral; L  UK.,US.,fUSUK.,http://treaties.un.org/pages/HistoricalInfo.aspxUK.,US.,*USUK.,].UK.,US.,USUK., 8  [Ed.note:Note1underChinaisasfollows:   China  Note1 p UK.,US.,USUK.,Signatures,ratifications,accessions,etc.onbehalfofChina. H ChinaisanoriginalMemberoftheUnitedNations,theCharterhavingbeensignedandratifiedon  p itsbehalf,on26Juneand28September1945,respectively,bytheGovernmentoftheRepublicof  \ China,whichcontinuedtorepresentChinaintheUnitedNationsuntil25October1971. H On25October1971,theGeneralAssemblyoftheUnitedNationsadopteditsresolution2758   (XXVI),readingasfollows:   "TheGeneralAssembly.  RecallingtheprinciplesoftheCharteroftheUnitedNations, l! ConsideringthattherestorationofthelawfulrightsofthePeoplesRepublicofChinaisessential D#! bothfortheprotectionoftheCharteroftheUnitedNationsandforthecausethattheUnited 0$" NationsmustserveundertheCharter, %l # RecognizingthattherepresentativesoftheGovernmentofthePeoplesRepublicofChinaarethe &D"% onlylawfulrepresentativesofChinatotheUnitedNationsandthatthePeoplesRepublicofChina '0#& isoneofthefivepermanentmembersoftheSecurityCouncil, ($' DecidestorestoreallitsrightstothePeoplesRepublicofChinaandtorecognizethe *%) representativesofitsGovernmentastheonlylegitimaterepresentativesofChinatotheUnited +&* _Nations,andtoexpelforthwiththerepresentativesofChiangKaishekfromtheplacewhichthey  unlawfullyoccupyattheUnitedNationsandinalltheorganizationsrelatedtoit."  TheUnitedNationshadbeennotifiedon18November1949oftheformation,on1October1949, t oftheCentralPeoplesGovernmentofthePeoplesRepublicofChina.Proposalstoeffectachange ` intherepresentationofChinaintheUnitedNationssubsequenttothattimewerenotapproveduntil L  theresolutionquotedabovewasadopted. 8  On29September1972,acommunicationwasreceivedbytheSecretaryGeneralfromtheMinister  ` forForeignAffairsofthePeoplesRepublicofChinastating:  L  "1.Withregardtothemultilateraltreatiessigned,ratifiedoraccededtobythedefunctChinese $  governmentbeforetheestablishmentoftheGovernmentofthePeoplesRepublicofChina,my   Governmentwillexaminetheircontentsbeforemakingadecisioninthelightofthecircumstances   astowhetherornottheyshouldberecognized.   2.AsfromOctober1,1949,thedayofthefoundingofthePeoplesRepublicofChina,theChiang p KaishekcliquehasnorightatalltorepresentChina.Itssignatureandratificationof,oraccession \ to,anymultilateraltreatiesbyusurpingthenameofChinaareallillegalandnullandvoid.My H Governmentwillstudythesemultilateraltreatiesbeforemakingadecisioninthelightofthe 4 circumstancesastowhetherornottheyshouldbeaccededto."  p AllentriesrecordedthroughoutthispublicationinrespectofChinarefertoactionstakenbythe H authoritiesrepresentingChinaintheUnitedNationsatthetimeofthoseactions.] 4 UK.,US.,~Withreferencetotheabove-mentionedsignature,communicationshavebeenaddressedtothe   Secretary-GeneralbythePermanentRepresentativesofPermanentMissionstotheUnitedNations  ofBulgaria,ByelorussianSSR,Czechoslovakia,Mongolia,Romania,theUkrainianSSR,theUnion  ofSovietSocialistRepublicsandYugoslavia,statingthattheirGovernmentsdidnotrecognizethe  saidsignatureasvalidsincetheonlyGovernmentauthorizedtorepresentChinaandtoassume l obligationsonitsbehalfwastheGovernmentofthePeople'sRepublicofChina. X  InlettersaddressedtotheSecretary-Generalinregardtotheabove-mentionedcommunications,the 0"  PermanentRepresentativeofChinatotheUnitedNationsstatedthattheRepublicofChina,a #l! sovereignStateandMemberoftheUnitedNations,hadattendedthetwenty-firstregularsessionof $X" theGeneralAssemblyoftheUnitedNationsandcontributedtotheformulationof,andsignedthe $D # CovenantsandtheOptionalProtocolconcerned,andthat"anystatementsorreservationsrelatingto %0!$ theabove-mentionedCovenantsandOptionalProtocolthatareincompatiblewithorderogatoryto &"% thelegitimatepositionoftheGovernmentoftheRepublicofChinashallinnowayaffecttherights '#& andobligationsoftheRepublicofChinaundertheseCovenantsandOptionalProtocol".USUK., (#' UK.,US.,D(Note4,ChapterIV.5,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral) )$( USUK.,UK.,US.,