Three more countries become BIE member states

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Three more countries become BIE member states

Three countries join the 1928 Paris Convention of the Bureau International des Exposition and become new member states of BIE, which tops the total number of member states of the BIE to 160 by the end of 2011.

The Republic of Malawi joined the BIE on October 5, 2011, the Kingdom of Lesotho on October 26, and the Republic of Angola on November 25, 2011.

The BIE member's states take part in all of the organization's deliberations and engage in the development of Expo policies and principles. Member states also participate from the outset in discussions with the Expo organizers, especially as it pertains to their participation.

Located in the southern part of Africa, Malawi is a landlocked country, sharing borders with Tanzania to the north and northeast, Zambia to the West and Mozambique to the east and southwest. Malawi covers an area of about 118,500 square kilometers with a population of 15 million people.

Lesotho is a country completely surrounded by its only neighboring country, the Republic of South Africa. It covers 30,000 square kilometers with a population of two million people.

Located on the West coast of Southern Africa, Angola extends over an area of 1,246,700 square kilometers. With a population of approximately 19 million people, the country is divided into 18 provinces, and Luanda is the capital.

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