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United Nations resolution

What it is

A resolution of a United Nations organ.

How to cite it

Cited under r 10.4.2 by organ, number and year. A Security Council resolution generally has no title, and a session number is dropped from the resolution number.

Example citation

Universal Declaration of Human Rights GA Res 217A (1948), art 2.

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