FACTBOX: Attendance at U.N. conference on racism

(Reuters) - Following is the roster of countries attending or boycotting a U.N. conference on racism that opened in Geneva on Monday.

HEADS OF STATE

Iran (Togo, East Timor, Montenegro canceled, as did Zambia's vice-president)

HEADS OF GOVERNMENT

Namibia

FOREIGN MINISTERS

The following foreign ministers were scheduled to give speeches: Norway, South Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Tanzania, Qatar (assistant minister), Guinea, Palestine, Luxembourg (minister designate), Uganda (minister of state), Pakistan (minister of state), Syria (minister of state), Bahrain (minister of state), Indonesia (deputy minister), Armenia (vice minister), Ecuador (vice minister), India (vice minister), Russia (vice minister), Colombia (deputy minister), Laos (vice minister), Sudan (minister of state), Libya (deputy minister), Mauritania

OTHER MINISTERS

The following countries were scheduled to be represented by ministers of justice, social services or other portfolios: Botswana, Brazil, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, Montenegro, Lesotho, Bolivia, Zimbabwe, Barbados, Mauritius, Iraq (deputy minister), Chile (vice minister), Kazakhstan (vice minister), Cuba (deputy minister), Burkina Faso, Zambia (deputy minister), Kenya (assistant minister), Swaziland, Haiti (Vice Minister) AMBASSADOR-LED DELEGATIONS (not complete):

Czech Republic (walked out on Monday), Ukraine, Argentina, Turkey, Peru, Britain, Thailand, Iceland, Oman, Ireland, Singapore, Kuwait, Bangladesh, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Greece, China, Japan, Jamaica, Serbia, Nepal, Bosnia, Finland, South Korea, Azerbaijan, Venezuela, Uruguay, Vatican, Algeria, Jordan, Lithuania, Austria, France, Spain, Costa Rica, Cambodia, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland

ABSENT:

United States, Canada, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands

(Compiled by Laura MacInnis and Jonathan Lynn)