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United States has called for an emergency meeting of UN Security Council to discuss the controversial Security Law that Beijing plans to impose in Hong Kong, but China has refused, diplomats said.
In a statement, released on Wednesday, US mission to the United Nations considered that the recent actions of Chinese authorities “undermine the high level of autonomy and freedom guaranteed to Hong Kong under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, which was registered at the UN as a legally binding treaty “.
“This is an urgent global problem with implications for international peace and security,” according to the statement, quoted by France-Presse news agency (AFP).
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