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How many verified signatures are required to start the formal decision-making stage for an agenda initiative? Indicate figures in the appropriate boxes. If more than one answer exists for any individual box, explain in the comment section.

total countries/territories: 118
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Afghanistan Fixed number Albania Fixed number 20.000 Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Argentina Not applicable American Samoa Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable x Austria Fixed number (X) Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Burkina Faso Fixed number X Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Bulgaria Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Bahrain Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Benin Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable OUI. Bolivia Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Brazil Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Botswana Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Belarus Fixed number 150.000 or 50.000 Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Canada Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Switzerland Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Côte d'Ivoire Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) X Not applicable Cook Islands Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Chile Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable x Costa Rica Fixed number Cuba Fixed number Denmark Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Algeria Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Estonia Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Egypt Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Western Sahara Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Eritrea Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Spain Fixed number: at least 500.000 signatures Ethiopia Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable x Micronesia, Federated States of Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Georgia Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable French Guiana Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Ghana Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Gambia Fixed number NOT APPLICABLE Proportion of the electorate NOT APPLICABLE Proportion of the vote at the most recent election NOT APPLICABLE Other (specify) Not applicable Yes Guam Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Hungary Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Indonesia Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Israel Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Iraq Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Iran, Islamic Republic of Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Iceland Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Italy Not applicable. Jordan Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Japan Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Kenya Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Kyrgyzstan Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Kiribati Not applicable Saint Kitts and Nevis Not applicable Korea, Republic of Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Kazakhstan Not applicable Lao People's Democratic Republic Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Lebanon Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Sri Lanka Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Liberia Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Lithuania Fixed number 300,000 Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Luxembourg Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Latvia Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Not applicable Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Morocco Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Moldova, Republic of Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Madagascar Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Fixed number X Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Law on Referendum, Article 62: Proposal for approaching to change of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia may be submitted by 150,000 citizens with a right to vote. The proposal shall state how and where to amend the Constitution, as well as the reasons for it. Together with the proposal 150,000 signatures of citizens with a right to vote shall also be submitted. Article 63: Proposal for passing a law may be submitted by at least 10,000 voters. The proposal for passing a law shall be prepared in accordance with the Journal of the Assembly. Together with the proposal, 10,000 signatures of voters shall also be submitted. Mali Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Mongolia Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Mauritania Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Mauritius Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Maldives Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Malaysia Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Niger Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Nigeria Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Nicaragua Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Netherlands Fixed number X Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Norway Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Nauru Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable New Zealand Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Panama Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Peru Fixed number Proportion of the electorate 0.3% Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Papua New Guinea Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Philippines Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Pakistan Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Poland Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Puerto Rico Fixed number Palestine Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Portugal Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable (X) Palau Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Paraguay Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Qatar Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Romania Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable e: Russian Federation Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Rwanda Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Solomon Islands Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Seychelles Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Sudan Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Sweden Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable (X) Singapore Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Slovakia Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable x Sierra Leone Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable NOT APPLICABLE San Marino Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Senegal Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X pour le moment Somalia Fixed number Proportion of the electorate 2/3rds of registered voters Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable El Salvador Fixed number Syrian Arab Republic Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Togo Fixed number 500.000 Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Thailand Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Tajikistan Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Timor-Leste Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Turkmenistan Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Tunisia Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Turkey Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Taiwan Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Tanzania, United Republic of Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Ukraine Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Uganda Fixed number Proportion of the electorate 2/3rds of registered voters Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable United States of America Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Uzbekistan Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable Viet Nam Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Vanuatu Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Yemen Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable X Zimbabwe Fixed number Proportion of the electorate Proportion of the vote at the most recent election Other (specify) Not applicable

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