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The Impact of the 1959 Agreement on the Legal Status of the Nile in the Post-Colonial Period Cover

The Impact of the 1959 Agreement on the Legal Status of the Nile in the Post-Colonial Period

By: Barbara Mielnik  
Open Access
|Dec 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2021-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6059 | Journal ISSN: 0860-150X
Language: English
Page range: 283 - 307
Published on: Dec 7, 2021
Published by: University of Białystok
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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