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- ↑ "Décès en Belgique de l'ambassadeur de la RDC en Zambie, ex- maire de Lubumbashi" (in French). voicedafrique.com. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ↑ "Address by Mr Koïchiro Matsuura on the occasion of the award of the UNESCO Cities for Peace Prize" (pdf). 2002.