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Citation rules/International materials/21.7 United Nations Sources

Add the year of publication

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A United Nations sales publication states the year it was published; without a year, a reader cannot tell which of a series of annual reports or surveys is meant.1

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  1. 1R. 21.7.7(e) Year.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not 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. Add the year of publication

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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. Add the year of publication

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