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In 2002, delegations comprised of 847 international dignitaries representing 86 countries made official visits to the California Senate. The countries, ranked by number of visitors, were as follows: |
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| COUNTRY | # VISITORS | COUNTRY | # VISITORS |
| CHINA | 362 | INDONESIA | 2 |
| INDIA | 42 | IVORY COAST | 2 |
| YUGOSLAVIA | 32 | MACEDONIA | 2 |
| DENMARK | 31 | NETHERLANDS | 2 |
| THAILAND | 31 | NEW ZEALAND | 2 |
| RUSSIA | 29 | RWANDA | 2 |
| JAPAN | 28 | SOUTH AFRICA | 2 |
| MOLDOVA | 28 | SOUTH KOREA | 2 |
| ITALY | 20 | SPAIN | 2 |
| BULGARIA | 18 | SWEDEN | 2 |
| AZERBAIJAN | 14 | VIETNAM | 2 |
| UKRAINE | 12 | UNITED KINGDOM | 2 |
| CANADA | 11 | ALGERIA | 2 |
| GERMANY | 11 | ARGENTINA | 1 |
| NEPAL | 11 | BAHRAIN | 1 |
| UZBEKISTAN | 10 | BURMA | 1 |
| EL SALVADOR | 8 | CHILE | 1 |
| ISRAEL | 7 | CROATIA | 1 |
| MEXICO | 7 | CZECH REPUBLIC | 1 |
| GEORGIA | 5 | ETHIOPIA | 1 |
| KYRGYZSTAN | 5 | GHANA | 1 |
| TAJIKISTAN | 5 | GUINEA | 1 |
| TURKMENISTAN | 4 | HUNGARY | 1 |
| ARMENIA | 4 | JORDAN | 1 |
| AUSTRALIA | 4 | LEBANON | 1 |
| EUROPEAN UNION | 4 | LIBERIA | 1 |
| FINLAND | 4 | LITHUANIA | 1 |
| KAZAKHSTAN | 4 | MONGOLIA | 1 |
| NIGERIA | 4 | MOROCCO | 1 |
| BRAZIL | 3 | NORWAY | 1 |
| GREECE | 3 | OMAN | 1 |
| PERU | 3 | PHILIPPINES | 1 |
| ROMANIA | 3 | POLAND | 1 |
| SINGAPORE | 3 | PORTUGAL | 1 |
| AUSTRIA | 2 | SENEGAL | 1 |
| BELGIUM | 2 | ST. LUCIA | 1 |
| BOLIVIA | 2 | SWAZILAND | 1 |
| BOTSWANA | 2 | SYRIA | 1 |
| CYPRUS | 2 | TANZANIA | 1 |
| EGYPT | 2 | UGANDA | 1 |
| ESTONIA | 2 | URUGUAY | 1 |
| FRANCE | 2 | VENEZUELA | 1 |
| HONDURAS | 2 | ZAMBIA | 1 |
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The delegations studied a wide range of subjects, which are ranked below according to the number of visitors who studied them: |
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| SUBJECT | # VISITORS | SUBJECT | # VISITORS |
| government/legislative process | 484 | education | 44 |
| protocol/international relations | 471 | social/health issues | 40 |
| international trade | 169 | media relations | 34 |
| energy/environment | 93 | biotechnology | 30 |
| fiscal | 74 | death penalty | 8 |
| budget/finance | 71 | gender | 6 |
| agriculture | 67 | judiciary | 5 |
| public safety | 46 | ||
Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors.
