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- ↑ Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, paragraph 31(f).
- ↑ WTO (2005) Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration, Annex D paragraph 9.
- ↑ United Nations (2017) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 July 2017, Work of the Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/RES/71/313)