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The Group of Eastern European States (EEG) is one of the five United Nations regional groups and is composed of 23 Member States from Eastern,
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. The Group, as with all the regional groups, is a non-binding dialogue group where subjects concerning regional and international matters are discussed. Additionally, the Group works to help allocate seats on United Nations bodies by nominating candidates from the region.


History

Prior to the creation of the Regional Groups in 1964, the United Nations Security Council had an Eastern European and Asian Seat, that was occupied between 1946 and 1964 by countries from Eastern Europe (including
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Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
), as well as by members of the modern Western European and Others and Asia-Pacific Groups. Since its creation, the Group has changed significantly due to the dissolution of various members: the
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in 1991,
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between 1991-2006 and
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in 1993. Additionally, through the process of German reunification, the Group lost the
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as one of its member states.


Members


Current members

The following are the current Member States of the Eastern European Group: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Historical members

* (1966–1993) * (1966–1992) * (1973–1990) * (1992–2006)


Representation

The Eastern European Group has two seats in the
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(UNSC); the permanent seat of
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, and one elected seat, currently held by
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. The Group further has 6 seats on the United Nations Economic and Social Council and 6 seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council. It is also eligible for having its nationals elected as
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of the
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in years ending with 2 and 7; most recently,
Miroslav Lajčák Miroslav Lajčák (born 20 March 1963) is a Slovak politician and diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. In addition, Lajčak also served as President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 72nd session ...
of
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was elected to this position in 2017 and was the office holder of the Sixty-seventh session.


Security Council

The Eastern European Group holds two seats on the Security Council, 1 non-permanent and 1 permanent. The current members of the Security Council from the Group are:


Economic and Social Council

The Eastern European Group holds six seats on the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The current members of the Economic and Social Council from the Group are:


Human Rights Council

The Eastern European Group holds six seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council. The current members of the Economic and Social Council from the Group are:


Presidency of the General Assembly

Every five years in the years ending in 2 and 7, the Eastern European Group is eligible to elect a president to the General Assembly. The following is a list of presidents from the region since its official creation in 1963:


Timeline of membership

As the Eastern European Group changed significantly over time, the number of its members had also changed.


See also

* Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations *
Community of Democratic Choice The Community of Democratic Choice is an intergovernmental organization established on 2 December 2005, by nine states of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was mainly signed by countries from the region between the Balt ...
* Council of Europe *
Eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic connotations. The vast majority of the region is covered by Russia, whi ...
* Eastern Partnership *
Eurasian Union The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU or EEU)EAEU is the acronym used on thorganisation's website However, many media outlets use the acronym EEU. is an economic union of some post-Soviet states located in Eurasia. The Treaty on the Eurasian Ec ...
* Euronest Parliamentary Assembly *
European Neighborhood Policy The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is a foreign relations instrument of the European Union (EU) which seeks to tie those countries to the east and south of the European territory of the EU to the Union. These countries, primarily developing ...
* Eurovoc * Future enlargement of the European Union *
List of political parties in Eastern Europe This is a List of political parties in Eastern Europe, linking to the country list of parties and the political system of each country in the region. List of countries See also *Council of Europe *Eastern Europe *Eastern European Group *Eastern P ...
* Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe *
Post-Soviet states The post-Soviet states, also known as the former Soviet Union (FSU), the former Soviet Republics and in Russia as the near abroad (russian: links=no, ближнее зарубежье, blizhneye zarubezhye), are the 15 sovereign states that wer ...


References

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