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The Group of Latin America and Caribbean Countries, or GRULAC, is one of the five
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composed of 33 Member States from
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, as well as some islands in the
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. Its members compose 17% of all United Nations members. 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 allocates seats on United Nations bodies by nominating candidates from the region.


Member States

The following are the Member States of the Latin American and Caribbean Group: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Representation


Security Council

The Latin American and Caribbean Group currently holds two seats on the
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, both non-permanent. The current members of the Security Council from the Group are:


Economic and Social Council

The Latin American and Caribbean Group currently holds 10 seats on the
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. The current members of the Economic and Social Council from the Group are:


Human Rights Council

The Latin American and Caribbean Group currently holds eight seats on the
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. 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 3 and 8, the Latin American and Caribbean Group is eligible to elect a president to the General Assembly. The following is a list of presidents from the Group since its official creation in 1963:


Timeline of membership

As the Latin American and the Caribbean changed significantly over time, the number of its members had also changed.


See also

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United Nations Regional Groups The United Nations Regional Groups are the geopolitical regional groups of member states of the United Nations. Originally, the UN member states were unofficially organized into five groups as an informal means of sharing the distribution of post ...
*
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Role

The Group plays a major role in promoting the region's interests. It provides a forum for Member States to exchange opinions on international issues, carry out follow-up on the topics that are being discussed in international organisations, build common positions on complex issues and prepare statements reflecting the joint position of the Group. However, most importantly, the Group allows for the discussion and coordination of support for candidates for different United nations organisations from the region. Regular meetings of the Group take place in Geneva. The most common topics discussed at these meetings are human rights, environment, intellectual property, labour rights, trade and development and telecommunications.


Locations

The Group maintains various offices across the globe: *
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** The two offices in Rome focus on bilateral and multilateral issues, particular those of the United Nations agencies based in Rome. *
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** The office in Vienna focuses candidate memberships to the Group. It also deals with issues relating to: the
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, the
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, the
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, the
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and the
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. The office also acts as the Group's liaison to the Group of 77 and China and the
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* New York ** The office in New York deals primarily with candidacy issues and other general topics.


References

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