The international exhibition recruitment work for the Shanghai World Expo is progressing smoothly. As of September 23, 2009, 192 countries and 50 international organizations have confirmed their participation in the Shanghai World Expo.
Below is a list of confirmed participating countries and international organizations.
Africa: Algeria, Burundi, Togo, Eritrea, Cape Verde, Congo (Brazzaville), Guinea, Comoros, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Djibouti, Benin, Central Africa**
*United States, C?te d'Ivoire, Angola, Egypt, Tanzania, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Sudan, Kenya, Morocco, Gabon, Cameroon, Rwanda, Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Congo (DRC), Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Niger
, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Chad, Somalia, Ghana, Botswana, South Africa, Libya, Malawi, Burkina Faso, The Gambia Americas: Cuba, Canada, Dominica, Bolivia, United States, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname, Ecuador, Venezuela, Grenada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil, Antigua and Barbuda, El Salvador, Dominica, Barbados,
Bahamas, Panama, Paraguay, Honduras, Belize, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Colombia Europe: France, Netherlands, Monaco, Switzerland, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Germany
, Croatia, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Poland, Luxembourg, Albania, Turkey, Belgium, Lithuania, Montenegro, Moldova, Belarus, Russia, Portugal, Serbia, Finland, Azerbaijan, Greece, Czech Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania,
Ireland, Cyprus, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, San Marino, Norway, Slovakia, Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Malta, Slovenia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Armenia, EU Asia: China, Pakistan, Bahrain, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka
, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Singapore, Vietnam, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Laos, Yemen, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Brunei, Lebanon, Georgia,
Bhutan, Thailand, Iraq, Oman, Iran, Maldives, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates, Syria, North Korea, Jordan, Israel, Qatar, State of Kuwait, East Timor Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Palau
, Tonga, Micronesia, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru International Organizations: CIS Executive Committee, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
Organization, World Tourism Organization, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, World Bank, United Nations, World Water Council, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, League of Arab States, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Africa
Alliance, World Meteorological Organization, South Pacific Tourism Organization, UNESCO, Pacific Islands Forum, World Trade Center Association, Boao Forum for Asia, Caribbean Community, Caribbean Development Bank, United Nations Children's Fund, World Wildlife Fund, United Nations
UNFPA, MESA, UNHCR, International Telecommunication Union, International Information Development Network, Francophone Business Forum, Global Environment Facility, World Health Organization, International Energy Agency, United Nations Habitat, United Nations Trade and Development
Conference, United Organization of Cities and Local Governments, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Organization for the Exploitation of Earth Observations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Maritime Organization, United Nations Program on AIDS, United Nations Capital Development Fund, United Nations Environment Program
Agency, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Federation of Public Transport, International Council of Museums, International Bamboo and Rattan Organization, World Trade Organization, Shanghai Cooperation Organization.