On 28 June 1999, the Government of Portugal informed the Secretary-General that the Convention would also apply to Macau.
Subsequently, the Secretary-General received the following communications on the dates indicated hereinafter:
Portugal (9 December 1999):
"In accordance with the Joint Declaration of the Government of the Portuguese Republic and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Macau signed on 13 April 1987, the Portuguese Republic will continue to have international responsibility for Macau until 19 December 1999 and from that date onwards the People's Republic of China will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Macau with effect from 20 December 1999.
From 20 December 1999 onwards the Portuguese Republic will cease to be responsible for the international rights and obligations arising from the application of the Convention to Macau."
China (15 December 1999):
"In accordance with the Joint Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Portugal on the Question of Macau (hereinafter referred to as the Joint Declaration), the Government of the People's Republic of China will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Macau with effect from 20 December 1999. Macau will, from that date, become a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and will enjoy a high degree of autonomy, except in foreign and defense affairs which are the responsibilities of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China."
In this connection, [the Government of the People's Republic of China informs the Secretary-General of the following]:
"The Convention on Biological Diversity, done at Nairobi on 5 June 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the "Convention"), to which the Government of the People's Republic of China deposited the instrument of ratification on 5 January 1993, will apply to the Macau Special Administrative Region with effect from 20 December 1999.
The Government of the People's Republic of China will assume responsibility for the international rights and obligations arising from the application of the Convention to the Macau Special Administrative Region."
China (Declaration of 9 May 2011):
"In accordance with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, the Government of the People's Republic of China decides that the Convention applies to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China."
В связи с этим [правительство Китайской Народной Республики информирует Генерального секретаря о нижеследующем]:
«Конвенция о биологическом разнообразии, подписанная в Найроби 5 июня 1992 г. (далее - "Конвенция"), документ о ратификации которой был сдан на хранение правительством Китайской Народной Республики 5 января 1993 г., будет применяться к Специальному административному району Макао начиная с 20 декабря 1999 г.
Правительство Китайской Народной Республики примет на себя ответственность за международные права и обязательства, вытекающие из применения Конвенции к Специальному административному району Макао».
Китай (Заявление от 9 мая 2011 г.):
«В соответствии с Основным законом Специального административного района Гонконг Китайской Народной Республики правительство Китайской Народной Республики принимает решение о применении положений Конвенции к Специальному административному району Гонконг Китайской Народной Республики».
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