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  • High Level Forum on Official Statistics: United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics 2014
  • High Level Forum: Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics: Threats and Responses 2011
  • Serving Canadians: The Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (video)
  • ST/ESA/1994/WP.6 - "Politics and Statistics: Independence, Dependence or Interaction?", by William Seltzer"
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