Wikisource:Help:English

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resolutions on [[:en:Western Sahara|Western Sahara]], and ''reaffirming'', in particular, [[UN Security Council Resolution 1495|resolution 1495]]

resulting in

resolutions on Western Sahara, and reaffirming, in particular, resolution 1495

See also en:Wikipedia:Interlanguage_links#Interwiki_links

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