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- ↑ "Highlights Archive". State of Yap.
- ↑ "New leadership set to sail into Yap". Pacific Island Times. 23 November 2018.
- ↑ "Yap Constitution Signature". www.fsmlaw.org. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ↑ "3rd FSM Economic Summit Proceedings" (PDF).
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