U.S. Department of State Seal 
美国国务院
发言人办公室
华盛顿哥伦比亚特区（Washington, D.C.）
2020年 5月28 日
 
新闻简报
关于香港的联合声明
 
以下是美利坚合众国、澳大利亚、加拿大和英国政府发表的声明（译文）。
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本声明各签署方重申我们高度关注北京对香港强行实施国家安全法的决定。
香港作为自由的堡垒得到蓬勃发展。香港的繁荣和稳定对国际社会具有重大和长远的利害关系。北京当局对香港直接强行实施国家安全法，不按《基本法》（Basic Law）第23条的规定通过香港本身的各项机制，将导致香港人民的自由受到破坏。这种做法极大地侵蚀了香港的自治地位及促使香港如此繁荣的体制。
中国决定对香港强行实施新的国家安全法直接违背了中国按具有法律约束力并在联合国（UN）存档的《中英联合声明》（Sino-British Joint Declaration）有关原则所承担的国际义务。拟议的法律将破坏“一国两制”的框架。该法律还提高了香港对政治犯罪进行惩处的可能性，同时损害了目前保护香港人民权利的各项承诺，其中包括纳入《公民和政治权利国际公约》（International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights）和《经济、社会和文化权利国际公约》（International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights）的各项权利。
我们还对这项行动将加剧香港社会现有的严重分歧表示极为严重的关注；该项法律对香港内部增进相互理解及推动和解没有任何举措。为了使香港恢复正常状态，缓解过去一年紧张和动荡的局势，唯一的途径是重建香港社会各界的信任，允许香港人民享有已得到承诺的权利和自由。
全世界在集中关注全球疫情之际，需要增强政府间的信任，促进国际合作。北京采取的前所未闻的行动可能造成相反的效果。
鉴于新强加的法律破坏了香港的稳定与繁荣，我们呼吁中国政府与香港特别行政区政府和香港人民一起寻求共同接受的解决办法，履行中国在联合国存档的《中英联合声明》中承担的国际义务。

May 28, 2020
Joint Statement on Hong Kong
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
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Signatories to this statement reiterate our deep concern regarding Beijing’s decision to impose a national security law in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong has flourished as a bastion of freedom. The international community has a significant and long-standing stake in Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability. Direct imposition of national security legislation on Hong Kong by the Beijing authorities, rather than through Hong Kong’s own institutions as provided for under Article 23 of the Basic Law, would curtail the Hong Kong people’s liberties, and in doing so, dramatically erode Hong Kong’s autonomy and the system that made it so prosperous.
China’s decision to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong lies in direct conflict with its international obligations under the principles of the legally-binding, UN-registered Sino-British Joint Declaration. The proposed law would undermine the One Country, Two Systems framework. It also raises the prospect of prosecution in Hong Kong for political crimes, and undermines existing commitments to protect the rights of Hong Kong people – including those set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
We are also extremely concerned that this action will exacerbate the existing deep divisions in Hong Kong society; the law does nothing to build mutual understanding and foster reconciliation within Hong Kong. Rebuilding trust across Hong Kong society by allowing the people of Hong Kong to enjoy the rights and freedoms they were promised can be the only way back from the tensions and unrest that the territory has seen over the last year.
The world’s focus on a global pandemic requires enhanced trust in governments and international cooperation. Beijing’s unprecedented move risks having the opposite effect.
As Hong Kong’s stability and prosperity are jeopardized by the new imposition, we call on the Government of China to work with the Hong Kong SAR Government and the people of Hong Kong to find a mutually acceptable accommodation that will honor China’s international obligations under the UN-filed Sino-British Joint Declaration.