Conquest of the Desert (exhibition)

31°47′11″N 35°12′09″E / 31.7865°N 35.2026°E / 31.7865; 35.2026TimelineAwarded13 November 1951Opening22 September 1953 (1953-09-22)Closure14 October 1953 (1953-10-14)Specialized expositionsPreviousThe International Textile Exhibition in LilleNextThe International Exhibition of Navigation (1954) in NaplesUniversal expositionsPreviousExposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince in Port-au-PrinceNextExpo 58 in BrusselsHorticultural expositionsNextFloriade 1960 in RotterdamSimultaneousSpecializedEA 53

Conquest of the Desert was a Specialized Expo recognized by the 28th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions on 13 November 1951,^[2] held in Israel in 1953^[3]^[4] at Binyanei Ha'uma, a convention center in Israel.^{[citation needed]} It focused on the themes of reclamation and population of desert areas.^[5]

History

The exhibition was opened on 22 September by President Ben Zvi and acting Prime Minister Moshe Sharett.^[6] It lasted for 22 days, closing on 14 October. It was visited by 600,000 people.^[7]

Thirteen foreign countries participated^[3] which included the United States although it declared a boycott of the opening ceremony.^[8] The Soviet Union declined to attend.^[9] Both UNESCO and the World Health Organization also attended.^[5]

Postage stamps commemorating the exhibition were designed by Abram Games.^[5]

References

^ "Israel". Retrieved 12 September 2019.
^ "1953 Jerusalem". Retrieved 30 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "1953 Jerusalem - Israel". Archived from the original on 16 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
^ "Official Site of the Bureau International des Exposition". Retrieved 15 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Exhibition 'Conquest Of The Desert'". Retrieved 14 March 2012.
^ "Israel's First International Exhibition Opened in Jerusalem". Retrieved 13 March 2012.
^ "October 16, 1953 Israel's First International Exhibition Closes; Visited by 600,000". Retrieved 14 March 2012.
^ "U.S. Explains Its Boycott of Exhibition Opening". Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
^ "Soviet Declines Invitation to Participate in Israel Exhibition". Retrieved 14 March 2012.

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Ottoman Empire (c. 1299–1922/1923)	Universal Scientific and Philanthropic Exposition (Jerusalem 1898)
Mandatory Palestine (1816–1949)	Levant Fair (Tel Aviv 1932) * Levant Fair (Tel Aviv 1934) * Levant Fair (Tel Aviv 1936)
Israel (1947-present)	Conquest of the Desert (exhibition) (Jerusalem, 1953) * Exhibition of Citriculture (Beit Dagan 1956)
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