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International Participants

International Participants

International Participants

Regarding participation in the Flower Expo from abroad, the Japanese government sent an official invitation in 1987 to 164 countries and 61 international organizations. The first application was received in April 1988 from Australia, followed by many other countries. In April 1989, the government started the procedure to sign a formal contract.

The first contracts were made with Monaco (southern Europe) and Belize (Central America) on April 21, 1989, followed by the Netherlands in June and the Seychelles in August. By the end of the year, the Japanese government had signed contracts with 38 countries. In 1990, the year of the Flower Expo, the number of countries signing a contract increased rapidly. Finally, 83 countries and 55 international organizations participated in Flower Expo '90, the largest number in the history of the Expo (see the table below).

The participating countries spanned all continents of the globe: Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, and Oceania. It was a truly international exposition with global participants.

(Data of the participating countries are from the official records of the International Garden and Greenery Exposition, Osaka, Japan, 1990.)

世界地図

Participating Countries

■1989
MonthDayCountry
April 21 Monaco

Belize

June 23

Netherlands

August 2 Seychelles
25 Finland
September 1 Egypt
Bhutan
31

Yugoslavia

Iran

October 13

South Korea

Nepal

Thailand

Israel

Pakistan

20 Tanzania
31

Senegal

November 7

China

9

Sri Lanka

USSR

India

Uganda

Madagascar

Zimbabwe

Mongolia

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR)〈14 organizations〉
20 Ireland

Belgium

Morocco

Tonga

December 18

U.S.A.

New Zealand

Australia

Western Samoa

International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH)
25 Brazil

Canada (Ontario)

Philippines

Nigeria

Malaysia

Singapore
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
United Nations and its organizations (UN)
〈30 organizations〉
■1990
MonthDayCountry
January 12

Denmark

Indonesia

Turkey

European Community (EC)
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
30

Switzerland

Marshall Islands

Fiji

West Germany (Bavaria)

February 14

Cameroon

Cuba

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
20

Italy

Mexico

Vanuatu

March 2

Kiribati

Papua New Guinea

Tuvalu

Federated States of Micronesia

Yemen

International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
12 Solomon Islands

Peru

Dominica

Zambia

28 Spain

Austria

Paraguay

Colombia

Oman

Mauritius
Andes Group (AG)
30

Kenya

Tunisia

Bolivia

Costa Rica

Federation of International Seed Grade (FIS)
April 9

France

Bulgaria

United Arab Emirates

Portugal

20

Uruguay

Algeria

Ecuador

West Germany (Hamburg City)

May 11 U.K.
Argentina
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
OISCA International (OISCA)
International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME)
July 4 Brunei

Darussalam

Poland

August 2

Jamaica

Saint Lucia