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Active Members
Status as of January 2008

 

Albania
Angola
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaidjan
Bangladesh
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China, Peoples   Republic of
Colombia
Congo
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Gambia,                Republic of
Germany
Greece
Guyana
Hungary
Iceland
India
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea South
Latvia
Lebanon

Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malawi
Malaysia
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sudan
Surinam
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan (China)
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uruguay
USA
Uzbekistan, Republic of
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia          

Inactive Members
Status as of January 2008

 

Algeria
Belarus
Belize
Bolivia
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Costa Rica
Cuba
Ecuador
Georgia
Ghana
Guatemala
Indonesia
Iraq
Ivory Coast

Korea North        (PDR)
Madagascar
Nicaragua
Niger
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Philippines
Senegal
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tunisia
Ukraine
Venezuela      


History

Collected below are documents that offer some historical perspectives of the IUGS and related matters.

The Roots of IUGS (A history of its founding)

A Brief History of the International Geological Congress

Giovanni Capellini and the origin of the International Geological Congress

The First International Geological Congress, Paris 1878

The Second International Geological Congress, Bologna, 1881