and of 17 April 2021 on the sentencing of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, to the statement of 9 June 2021 by the VP/HR on the changes to Hong Kong’s electoral system, to the declarations by the VP/HR on behalf of the EU of 11 March 2021 on Hong Kong’s electoral system and of 7 January 2021 on the mass arrest of people involved in the July 2020 pro-democracy primary elections in Hong Kong, and to all other statements and declarations on the situation in Hong Kong, – having regard to the declaration of 2 May 2021 by the VP/HR on behalf of the EU on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, – having regard to the EU’s annual report on political and economic developments in 2020 of 12 March 2021, – having regard to the 13th annual Structured Dialogue, which took place in Hong Kong on 28 November 2019, – having regard to the Council conclusions on Hong Kong of 28 July 2020, – having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) of 16 December 1966, and the concerns raised by the UN Human Rights Committee in its List of Issues for Hong Kong of 26 August 2020, – having regard to the statement of 24 June 2021 by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, that Hong Kong’s new national security law was leading journalists to ‘self-censor’ to avoid clashing with ‘vaguely formulated offences’, and to her statement of 21 June 2021 at the 47th session of the Human Rights Council, – having regard to the UN experts’ call of 26 June 2020 for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in China, – having regard to the adoption of the National Security Law in Hong Kong by the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress on 30 June 2020, – having regard to the G7 Summit communiqué of 13 June 2021 and to the G7 statement of 12 March 2021 on electoral changes in Hong Kong, – having regard to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) adopted on 4 April 1990, which entered into force on 1 July 1997, – having regard to the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong of 19 December 1984, also known as the Sino-British Joint Declaration, – having regard to the joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament and the Council of 12 March 2019 entitled ‘EU-China – A strategic outlook’ (JOIN(2019)0005), – having regard to the EU’s ‘One China’ policy and to the ‘one country, two systems’ principle, – having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948,