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BWC. 8 Five States9 that had signed, but had not yet ratified, the Convention
participated without taking part in the decision-making. Two States, neither
parties nor signatories to the Convention, 10 participated as observers in
accordance with the rules of procedure. Eleven United Nations and other
international bodies11 attended the Review Conference. At its first meeting,
the Conference elected by acclamation Paul van den IJssel (Netherlands)
as President, 20 Vice-Presidents, 12 as well as the Chairpersons and
Vice-Chairpersons of the Committee of the Whole, 13 the Drafting Committee14 and the Credentials Committee. 15
On 5 December, the Conference heard a video message from the United
Nations Secretary-General and held a general debate, in which 54 States
parties, 1 signatory and 8 international organizations made statements. 16 From
7 to 16 December, the Committee of the Whole held a total of 10 meetings,
during which it reviewed the provisions of the Convention, article by article,
and submitted its report17 to the Conference at the eighth plenary meeting
8 Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,
Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark,
Dominican Republic, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,
Greece, Guatemala, Holy See, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of),
Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People’s Democratic
Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Madagascar,
Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea,
Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia,
Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tajikistan, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, Turkey,
Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay,
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Yemen.
9 Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Haiti, Myanmar and United Republic of Tanzania.
10 Cameroon and Israel.
11 United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations Institute for Disarmament
Research, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, African
Union, European Union, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Criminal
Police Organization (INTERPOL), North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organization for
the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, World Health Organization and World Organization
for Animal Health.
12 Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Germany,
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines, Romania,
Poland, Slovakia and South Africa.
13 Chairperson: Desra Percaya (Indonesia); Vice-Chairpersons: Gancho Ganev (Bulgaria) and
Eric Danon (France).
14 Chairperson: Judit Körömi (Hungary); Vice-Chairpersons: John Walker (United Kingdom)
and U. L. M. Jauhar (Sri Lanka).
15 Chairperson: Mário Duarte (Portugal); Vice-Chairperson: Mr. Vipul (India).
16 See BWC/CONF.VII/2. This and all documents of the Seventh Review Conference are
available from http://www.unog.ch/bwc (accessed 12 April 2012).
17 BWC/CONF.VII/5.