联合国大会通过United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV),即第1514号决议《关于准许殖民地国家及民族独立之宣言》(Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples)。
在英文版本中,用的也是resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong、restore和 the smooth transfer of government等词语。resume、restore,已经说明了一切;而the exercise of sovereignty,明显sovereignty在此指的是“治权”。