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Regional statistics
(out of 186 Interpol members, as at 30/10/2007)


Regional statistics on key agreements and international reporting.

Ratification of key agreements - the number and percentage of Interpol members that have:

  Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East
Ratified or acceded to the 1925 Geneva Protocol: 29 60% 25 68% 24 69% 37 77% 16 89%
Ratified or acceded to the BTWC: 28 58% 32 86% 30 86% 46 96% 14 78%

 

Submissions of country reports - the number and percentage of Interpol members that have submitted:

  Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East
A country report(s) to the Security Council's Counterterrorism Committee: 48 100% 35 95% 35 100% 47 98% 18 100%
A country report(s) to the Security Council's 1540 Committee: 13 27% 27 73% 28 80% 46 96% 18 100%

 

  • 1925 Geneva Protocol refers to the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare
  • BTWC refers to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction
  • Counterterrorism Committee refers to the committee established by UN Security Council Resolution 1373
  • 1540 Committee refers to the committee established by UN Security Council Resolution 1540

 

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