The Bureau exercises supervision over all international exhibitions of non-commercial character (other than fine arts exhibitions), with a duration of more than three weeks, which are officially organised by a nation and to which invitations to other nations are issued through diplomatic channels.
The city to host the EXPO 2012 will be elected in a secret ballot by delegates of 98 states during General Assembly of the International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE)
|
GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS
|
BIE MEMBER STATES
|
|
Europe (31 states) |
|
|
Middle East (8 states) |
|
|
Africa |
|
|
Asia and Oceania |
|
|
Former USSR countries |
|
|
Caribbean |
|
|
Central and South America |
|
|
North America |
|