Report on the decision of the IChO International Jury, 2021 March
Temporary modifications in the Regulations of the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO)
Because of the pandemic a conventional IChO cannot be held in 2021.
For the benefit and motivation of the students preparing for the event, it is proposed that theInternational Jury of the IChO accepts the following modifications of the IChO Regulations for theduration of the 2021 Olympiad only.
The changes, as all regulation changes required a qualified majority of two thirds of the participatingcountries. The vote was carried out remotely.
The proposed modifications:§ 2 Organization and invitation
Observers of newly invited countries can observe the remote olympiad and participate in avideoconference with the Steering Committee to fulfill one year of their observation period§ 3 Delegations
Each head mentor nominates one or more invigilators responsible for the appropriate running of theremote exam.
The invigilator will:•Receive the final translated tasks from the organizers DIRECTLY.

•Print the exam.

•Personally supervise the students while they take the exam, as well as video record the exam
proceedings and share the recording with the organizers. The invigilator is responsible for doing
this in accordance with any local laws about privacy and data protection.

•Collect the student scripts, scan them and submit the scans to the organizers.

•

Accept any other obligations as required by the International Jury.

The invigilator will NOT:•

Receive any advanced information about the content of the exam.

•Interfere with the participants’ work during the exam.

•Be involved with the extraordinary Olympiad in any other capacity (e.g. translation, arbitration)§ 6 International Jury
Meetings of the International Jury can be carried out remotely with the use of appropriate electronicmeans to discuss the tasks, their marking, and the procedures of the IChO.

§ 11 Organization of the IChO Competition
The remotely organized IChO competition consists only of one theoretical exam. This is reflected in theofficial name of the olympiad.

Jury decision
Country representatives expressed their opinion on the temporary modifications. The motion wascarried with a wide margin.
The results were:A) 83 Yes : 0 No : 1 without vote

Individual votes
CountryArgentina
Armenia

Vote submitted bySoledadAntonel
Andranik
Davinyan

Yes
Yes

Australia

Trent

WallisYes

Austria

Georg

Schellander

Yes

Azerbaijan

Igrar

Nazarov

Yes

Bangladesh

Md

Khan

Yes

BelarusViktarKhvalyuk

Yes

Belgium

Hans

VanhoeYes

BrazilSergioMeloYes

Bulgaria

Donka

Tasheva

Yes

CanadaJennifer

PittYes

China

SupingZheng

Yes

Chinese Taipei

I-Jy

Chang

Yes

Costa Rica

Jose Roberto

Vega Baudrit

Yes

Croatia

Branka

Zorc

Yes

Cuba

Orestes Eduardo

Landrove Ramírez

Yes

CyprusStellaIoannou - Loucaides Yes

Czech Republic

Petr

Holzhauser

Yes

Denmark

Kurt BjønagerNielsen

Yes

El Salvador

Rene

ArevaloYes

Estonia

Ida

Rahu

Yes

Finland

Kjell

KnapasYes

FranceAurélien

Moncomble

Yes

Georgia

ElizbarElizbarashvili

Yes

Germany

Felicitas

NiekielYes

GreeceNikolasPsaroudakis

Yes

Hungary

Gabor

Magyarfalvi

YesIceland

Katrin Lilja

Sigurdardottir

Yes

India

AnkushGupta

Yes

Indonesia

Deana

Wahyuningrum

Yes

Iran

Seifollah

Jalili

Yes

Ireland

Brian

MurphyYes

Israel

Izana

Nigel

Yes

Italy

Agostino

Casapullo

Yes

Japan

Katsuya

MaeyamaYes

Kazakhstan

Yernur

Tolep

Yes

Korea

Bongjin

Moon

YesKyrgyzstan

Bakyt

Borkoev

Yes

LatviaKaspars

VeldreYes

Lithuania

Rimantas

RaudonisYes

Luxembourg

Sam

Hoffmann

Yes

Malaysia

NoorRahman

Yes

MexicoCarlosCastroYes

Moldova

Stanislav

Ciubotaru

Yes

Mongolia

Nyamgerel

Choijilsuren

Yes

Montenegro

Tatijana

Carapic

Yes

Netherlands

Emiel

De kleijn

Yes

New ZealandJan

Giffney

Yes

Nigeria

Chinenye

Nna Orji

Yes

North Macedonia

Miha

BukleskiYes

NorwayBjørn

Dalhus

Yes

Oman

Maya

Al 'Azri

Yes

Pakistan

Khalid

Khan

Yes

Peru

Patricia

GonzalesYes

Philippines

Jose

AndayaYes

Poland

Marek

Orlik

Yes

Portugal

Diana

Pinto

Yes

Romania

DanielaBogdanYes

Russian Federation

Vadim

EreminYes

Saudi Arabia

Reem

AlMohammed

Yes

SerbiaDušan

Sladić

Yes

SingaporeYou

KailunYes

Slovakia

MartinPutalaYes

Slovenia

AndrejGodec

YesSouth Africa

Robin

NaidooYesSpainOscar

Rodríguez Montoro

Yes

Sri Lanka

Chinthaka

Ratnaweera

Yes

SwedenUlf

JäglidYes

Switzerland

Patrik

Willi

Yes

Syria

Hala

Al Dakkak

Yes

Tajikistan

Khushang

Sobirov

Yes

ThailandCharoensak

Mueangkaew

Yes

Trinidad and Tobago

Nigel

Jalsa

Yes

TurkeyArifDastan

Yes

TurkmenistanNazar

Mammedov

Yes

UkraineKostiantyn

Gavrylenko

Yes

United Arabic Emirates

Abdallah

Marhoune

Yes

United KingdomBen

PilgrimYes

United States of America LilyRaines

Yes

Uruguay

CarlosKremer

Yes

Uzbekistan

Firdavs

Kutliev

Yes

Venezuela

AmaliaTorrealba

Yes

VietnamHa

NguyenYes

Qatar has not submitted a vote, but that might be due to email disfunction.