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- ↑ "Government Appoints First High Court Judge". Tuvalu Paradise - Issue No. 01/2021. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- "Commonwealth Secretariat: Spotlight on Belize", thecommonwealth.org, 2010-03-15.
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