The actual votes in the Special Session are as follows:
The 7 independent nations voting to retain the unanimously re-elected Director-General Jose Bustani; Belarus, Brazil, China, Cuba, Iran, Mexico and the Russian Federation.
The 48 nations siding with the United States and voting for Dismissal; Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia and of course, the United States of America.
The 43 nations who abstained: Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Holy See, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lesotho, Malaysia, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay,Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The 47 nations who did not even attend the voting: Armenia, Bahrain, Benin, Bolivia, Burundi, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Dominica, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Jamaica, Laos, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Mozambique, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niger, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Suriname, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda and Ukraine.
Quoting from the OPCW website:
“The Chemical Weapons Convention or, as the complete title reads, the "Convention on the Prohibition of the Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction" was opened for signature in Paris, France on 13 January 1993. The CWC is the product of more than twenty years of negotiations at the Conference of Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland.
"It is one of the most complex international conventions ever negotiated. It contains a Preamble, twenty-four Articles and three Annexes with a total of more than 140 densely printed pages.
"Presently 174 States have signed the CWC or acceded to it. Instruments of ratification or accession have been deposited by 145 States.
"The CWC entered into force on 29 April 1997, 180 days after the deposition of the 65th instrument of ratification."
For more information, please visit: http://www.opcw.org
The 7 independent nations voting to retain the unanimously re-elected Director-General Jose Bustani; Belarus, Brazil, China, Cuba, Iran, Mexico and the Russian Federation.
The 48 nations siding with the United States and voting for Dismissal; Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia and of course, the United States of America.
The 43 nations who abstained: Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Holy See, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lesotho, Malaysia, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay,Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The 47 nations who did not even attend the voting: Armenia, Bahrain, Benin, Bolivia, Burundi, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Dominica, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Jamaica, Laos, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Mozambique, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niger, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Suriname, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda and Ukraine.
Quoting from the OPCW website:
“The Chemical Weapons Convention or, as the complete title reads, the "Convention on the Prohibition of the Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction" was opened for signature in Paris, France on 13 January 1993. The CWC is the product of more than twenty years of negotiations at the Conference of Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland.
"It is one of the most complex international conventions ever negotiated. It contains a Preamble, twenty-four Articles and three Annexes with a total of more than 140 densely printed pages.
"Presently 174 States have signed the CWC or acceded to it. Instruments of ratification or accession have been deposited by 145 States.
"The CWC entered into force on 29 April 1997, 180 days after the deposition of the 65th instrument of ratification."
For more information, please visit: http://www.opcw.org