R eactions to the problem
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- ibid., A. 104, 1926-VI. Ratified initially by 36 States, subsequently by 41.
- See ILO Report, op. cit. Annex I: 'Historical Review of International Action on
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- New York, 1967. (The replies were sent in by 23 African countries, 20 Asian and
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- On 'slave raids', see J. Pollard-Dulian, Aujourd'hui l'Esclavage, Paris, Ed. Ouvrières,
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