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The JUSCANZ Group is an informal, information-sharing coalition of like-minded countries at the United Nations Human Rights Council and other United Nations bodies, such as the
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Third
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
, Fourth Committees and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. In the United Nations Regional Grouping system, it is considered as a subsection of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG), as most of its members are members of that Group. Its aim is to counterbalance the sway of the European Union bloc in WEOG matters.
The name of the group is derived from the acronym of its founding members Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, the United States, Canada, Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
and New Zealand.
Role
The Group's role is mainly to act as a tool for information-sharing at the United Nations. Unlike the United Nations Regional Groups, JUSCANZ is not a policy-coordination mechanism. Members of the Group are not expected to reach consensus positions on issues. Rather, at JUSCANZ meetings, members meet to share information on the status of resolutions and to flag potential problems or issues for other delegations.Members
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History
On 22 January 2010, Israel was permitted to join the Group for sessions at the United Nations Office at Geneva, but not at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, nor at the other two major office sites of Vienna and Nairobi. On 11 February 2014, following intense lobbying, Israel was allowed to join the Group in all relevant United Nations Committees at Headquarters in New York.See also
* CANZUK *JACKSNNZ
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* Umbrella Group
* Western European and Others Group
References
United Nations coalitions and unofficial groups Anglosphere Andorra and the United Nations Australia and the United Nations Canada and the United Nations Iceland and the United Nations Israel and the United Nations Japan and the United Nations Liechtenstein and the United Nations Monaco and the United Nations New Zealand and the United Nations Norway and the United Nations Switzerland and the United Nations United States and the United Nations {{Humanrights-stub