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- ↑ First signed by Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Malta, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
- ↑ United Nations 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (Terrorist Financing Convention), art. 2.1
- ↑ Oliphant, Roland (March 2017). "Ukraine sues Russia in International Court of Justice for 'financing terrorism' and discrimination". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ↑ A Legal and Moral Victory for Ukraine: Vindicating Ukraine’s Legal Rights Before the International Court of Justice, by Anton Korynevych and Marney Cheek, March 22, 2024, Justsecurity.org