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Citation rules/International materials/21.7 United Nations Sources

Lowercase the short word in the title

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

The title of a United Nations masthead document is capitalized the way any title is, so an article, conjunction or preposition of four letters or fewer stays lowercase inside it.1

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  1. 1R. 21.7.4(b) Title. Tables: R. 8(a) Headings and titles.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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  1. Abbreviate the subdivision
  2. Add the conference’s name
  3. Add the date of publication
  4. Add the date of the record
  5. Add the document symbol or sales number
  6. Add the judgment number
  7. Add the organ that adopted the resolution
  8. Add the press release symbol
  9. Lowercase the short word in the title

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More in 21.7 United Nations Sources

  1. Abbreviate the subdivision
  2. Add the conference’s name
  3. Add the date of publication
  4. Add the date of the record
  5. Add the document symbol or sales number
  6. Add the judgment number
  7. Add the organ that adopted the resolution
  8. Add the press release symbol
  9. Lowercase the short word in the title

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