2011 was the 80th anniversary of the Bureau International des Expositions. On Jan 19, 2012, the BIE celebrates the anniversary for engaging in organizing World Expos and Internationals Expos at Pavillon de Dauphine in Paris.
More than 200 distinguished guests have participatedthe event. BIE President Ferdinand Nagy and Vicente Gonzalez Loscertales, Secretary General of the BIE gave their speeches.
Vicente Gonzalez Loscertales, Secretary General of the BIE
President Ferdinand Nagy
The BIE was created in 1931 by an international convention signed in Paris in 1928, which established the rights and responsibilities of the Expo organizers and participants. The role of the BIE is to supervise and ensure the application of this Convention.
In 2011, the BIE welcomed three new countries signing the convention, which tops the number of member states of BIE to 160.
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