The United States is inviting 49 countries, groups of nations, financial institutions and individuals to a Middle East peace conference it will host next week.

Israel and the Palestinians received their invitations Tuesday and U.S. embassies elsewhere were notifying the others, asking them to send their foreign ministers or other appropriate officials to the event, the State Department said.

Following is the full list of conference invitees. The representation for most invitees is not clear. The U.S. includes itself as an invitee.

_The United States, host, to be represented by President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

_Israel, to be represented by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.

_Palestinians, to be represented by President Mahmoud Abbas and senior officials.

Members of the international diplomatic “quartet” on the Middle East other than the United States:

_The United Nations, to be represented by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

_European Union presidency, to be represented by Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado.

_European Union Commission, to be represented by EU External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

_European Union High Representative for foreign affairs Javier Solana.

_Russia, expected to be represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

_Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the quartet special representative to the Palestinians.

Members of the Arab League committee tasked with pursuing a Saudi initiative for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace deal. Of these, only Egypt and Jordan have full diplomatic relations with Israel:

_Arab League, to be represented by Secretary-General Amr Moussa.

_Algeria

_Bahrain

_Egypt

_Jordan

_Lebanon

_Morocco

_Qatar

_Saudi Arabia

_Sudan

_Syria

_Tunisia

_Yemen

Other members of the Arab League:

_Iraq

_Mauritania

_Oman

_United Arab Emirates

Permanent members of the U.N. Security Council not included in above categories:

_ Britain

_ China

_ France

Members of the Group of Eight industrialized countries not included in above categories:

_Canada

_Germany

_Italy

_Japan

Members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference not included in above categories:

_Indonesia

_Malaysia

_Pakistan

_Senegal

_Turkey

Other nations:

_Brazil

_Greece

_India

_Norway

_Poland

_Slovenia

_South Africa

_Spain

_Sweden

Financial institutions invited as observers:

_International Monetary Fund

_World Bank