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Materials solely available on, or accessible from, this Site should be cited by including the name of the author (where applicable), the title of the material in question, as well as an indication (including date) of the material having been accessed from this Site. The following are examples of such citations:

1. For audio-visual material accessible from the website, including any video lectures:

Mónica Pinto, "The Evolution of International Society and International Law", accessed on [date] from the website of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law, http://www.un.org/law/avl.

Statement by Mr. Nelson Mandela (South Africa) on the occassion of the Forty-ninth session of the General Assembly, after his election as President, accessed on [date] from the website of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law, http://www.un.org/law/avl.

2. For text available on the Site, including introductory notes and descriptions of procedural histories:

Treves, T., “Introduction to the 1958 Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea”, accessed on [date] from the website of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law, http://www.un.org/law/avl

United Nations, Codification Division, “Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963, Procedural History”, accessed on [date] from the website of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law, http://www.un.org/law/avl

3. For Academic articles and extracts from books made available on this Site the primary source citation (namely that of the journal or publication in question) should be resorted to, together with an acknowledgment of the material having been sourced from this Site.