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- ↑ Officers of the UNICEF Executive Board 1946–2014, UNICEF
- ↑ Executive Board Archived 2019-01-09 at the Wayback Machine , UNICEF
- ↑ Yearbook of the United Nations. 41.1987
- ↑ Lesotho Clippings p. 120, 1985
