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- ↑ United Nations Documents Index United Nations Staff - 2003 -... of the United States/Canada Division E/CONF 94/CRP 44 (22111) p1755 —Report of the Working Group on Romanization ... 6/2002/6 (2.2523) —Report on the current status of the United Nations Romanization Systems for Geographical Names .
- ↑ Working Group on Romanization Systems.WGRS website. United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names.
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