including only meetings of international associations*
Supplementary notes
*Only including events that meet the following criteria:
"• The meeting must have a clear link to an international association included in the UIA database, the source of the Yearbook of International Organizations.
• The meeting can be linked to either an international non-governmental organization (INGO) or an intergovernmental organization (IGO).
• The meeting is eligible for inclusion regardless of its frequency. A meeting can be a one-off event, part of a regular series, or part of an irregular series.
• The meeting is eligible for inclusion regardless of its location. A meeting series can be held always in the same location, or rotate according to a pattern between locations, or change locations randomly.
• The meeting is eligible for inclusion regardless of its participant numbers".
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Share of international organization meetings worldwide 2004-2023, by region
Europe hosted over half of the meetings held by international associations worldwide between 2003 and 2024. Over the same period, around **** out of ten such international events took place in Asian or American countries.
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Union of International Associations. (June 21, 2024). Distribution of international association meetings held worldwide between 2004 and 2023, by region [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/741739/international-organization-meetings-world-regions/
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