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December 08, 2003

Bureaucrats or blaggers? How can you tell which countries are taking the World Summit seriously? (Or, at least, which countries will be taking home the most goodie bags?) Daily Summit presents its very own League of (ligging) Nations.

Malaysia comes out on top with a magnificent 137 delegates, while Cameroon, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone and East Timor share the wooden spoon with just one representative apiece.

Special mention should go to Nigeria for including a driver in their delegation, and to Samoa for sending a dancer. Finally, Gabon, for a population of 1,321,560, are sending 66 delegates - one for every 20,000 citizens!

The full delegate list can be found here.

TOP 10
1. Malaysia 137
2. Romania 116
3. France 108
4. Canada 101
5. Cuba 88
6. Japan 85
7. Russia 80
8. Iran 79
9. Nigeria 69
10. Gabon 66

ONE DELEGATE WONDERS
Cameroon 1
Djibouti 1
Eritrea 1
Kazakhstan 1
Liberia 1
Palau 1
Papua New Guinea 1
San Marino 1
Seychelles 1
Sierra Leone 1
East Timor 1

Full league table

137 Malaysia
116 Romania
108 France
101 Canada
88 Cuba
85 Japan
80 Russian Federation
79 Iran
69 Nigeria
66 Gabon
66 United States
61 Bangladesh
60 Thailand
59 Ireland
58 Germany
50 Finland
48 Switzerland
47 Spain
45 Ukraine
44 Ghana
41 Egypt
40 Mozambique
39 Portugal
38 Austria
38 Pakistan
37 Sweden
36 Italy
36 Korea (south)
35 Azerbaijan
35 Kyrgyzstan
34 Norway
34 Sudan
34 United Kingdom
31 Belarus
31 Brazil
31 Greece
31 Mali
31 Zimbabwe
30 Argentina
30 Jordan
29 Bulgaria
29 Indonesia
29 Senegal
28 Bolivia
28 Rwanda
28 Saudi Arabia
25 Botswana
25 Israel
25 Netherlands
24 Kenya
23 Mauritania
23 Samoa
22 Armenia
22 Belgium
22 Congo
22 Cote d'ivoire
22 Czech
22 Slovakia
21 Phillippines
21 Tunisia
20 China
20 Serbia and Montenegro
19 Comoros
19 Croatia
19 Morocco
19 Qatar
18 Macedonia
18 Oman
18 Poland
18 Turkey
17 Iceland
17 Kuwait
17 Lesotho
17 Zambia
16 Angola
16 Benin
16 Denmark
16 Georgia
16 Lithuania
16 Venezuela
15 Brunei
15 Burundi
15 Latvia
15 Nicaragua
14 Australia
14 Chile
14 Singapore
14 Sri Lanka
14 Uganda
13 Bosnia
13 El Salvador
13 Gambia
13 Guatamala
13 Malawi
13 Mexico
13 Mongolia
13 South Africa
12 Ecuador
12 Estonia
12 Peru
12 Slovenia
12 Yemen
11 Mauritius
11 UAE
10 Andorra
10 Barbados
10 Colombia
10 Congo
10 Hungary
10 Iraq
10 Uruguay
10 Viet Nam
9 Algeria
9 Burkina Faso
9 Lebanon
9 Malta
9 Monaco
9 Nepal
9 Swaziland
9 Syrian Arab Republic
8 Cape verde
8 Luxembourg
8 Moldova
8 Namibia
8 New Zealand
8 Palestine
8 Uzbekistan
7 Jamaica
7 Madagascar
7 Niger
7 Togo
6 Bahrain
6 Korea (North)
6 Myanmar
6 Paraguay
6 Tanzania
6 Trinidad and Tobago
6 Vatican
5 Afghan
5 Bhutan
5 Cyprus
5 Guinea
5 Honduras
5 Panama
4 Belize
4 Central African Republic
4 Chad
4 Costa Rica
4 Ethiopia
4 Fiji
4 Haiti
4 Suriname
3 Cambodia
3 Libya
3 Liechtenstein
3 Micronesia
3 Vanuata
2 Albania
2 Laos
2 Maldives
2 Saint Kitts and Nevis
2 Tonga
1 Cameroon
1 Djibouti
1 Eritrea
1 Kazakhstan
1 Liberia
1 Palau
1 Papua New Guinea
1 San Marino
1 Seychelles
1 Sierra Leone
1 Timor-Leste


Additional reporting (counting) by Aaron Scullion.

Disclaimer - figures compiled by the Daily Summit team on Sunday 7th Dec - the list may have been updated since then, so feel free to let is know if your country's figure has changed!
Jack Malvern @ December 8, 2003 08:45 AM | TrackBack

Comments (4)
Jack, in Nigeria the value of a good driver is incalculable!
Mick @ December 7, 2003 05:58 PM
I only counted four (4) actuals from Trinidad and Tobago, and I understand that Therese Cornelis-Baptiste will not be attending. Same data shows that these are all NGO attendees.

Do you have a different source of information, or did I screw up?
Taran @ December 7, 2003 06:28 PM
Taran - according to the participant finder
and this pdf list, there are six participants from T&T:

H.E. Mr Bernard WESTON , Permanent Representative , Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago, mission.trinidad-tobago@ties.itu.int
Mr Shelley-Ann CLARKE-HINDS , First Secretary , Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago, mission.trinidad-tobago@ties.itu.int
Mr John GILLETTE , Policy Coordinator , Ministry of Public Administration and Information, mission.trinidad-tobago@ties.itu.int
Mr Roanna GOPAUL , Ag. Foreign Service Officer II , Ministry of Foreign Affairs, mission.trinidad-tobago@ties.itu.int
Ms Reita TOUSSAINT , Deputy Permanent Representative/Counsellor , Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago, mission.trinidad-tobago@ties.itu.int
Mr Roderick SANATAN , Acting Director, Centre for International Services, Uwi , Delegation of Trinidad and Tobago, rsanatan@uwichill.edu.bb

David Steven @ December 7, 2003 06:59 PM
Wow. Apparently they updated it. :o

Need to address that.
Taran @ December 7, 2003 08:06 PM


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