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- ↑ "FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA AND LIECHTENSTEIN ADDRESS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
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- ↑ Liechtenstein Company Laws and Regulations Handbook. Int'l Business Publications. 9 September 2012. pp. 19–. ISBN 978-1-4330-7019-8.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Regierung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein – Diplomatic Representation of Geneva (CH)". regierung.li. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
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