Geographical area involved.
The political areas and states that are invited to participate constitute the geographical area which lies along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, i.e. all those that extend from the Straits of Gibraltar to the Black Sea.They are, barring variations of the present political situation: Gibraltar, Spain, Andorra, France, Monaco, Italy, San Marino, The Vatican State, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Malta, Cyprus.