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- ↑ "Second Circuit holds that, when South Korea adhered to Hague Protocol but not to Original Warsaw Convention while United States joined only Original Convention, there was no subsisting treaty between them under which federal suit over loss of air cargo could arise". International Law Update. June 2000.
- ↑ "Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
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