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 posts for General Assembly committees. Now this grouping has taken on a much more expansive and official role. Many UN bodies are allocated on the basis of geographical representation. Top leadership positions, including Secretary-General and President of the General Assembly, are rotated among the regional groups. The groups also coordinate substantive policy and form common fronts for negotiations and bloc voting.[1]

  African Group
  Asia and the Pacific Group
  Eastern European Group
  Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
  Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
  United Nations member state not in any regional group (Kiribati)
  UN General Assembly observer states (the Holy See[a] and the State of Palestine[b])
  Western Sahara[c]
  Antarctica[d]
  1. ^ The GA Handbook: A practical guide to the United Nations General Assembly (PDF) (2 ed.). New York: Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations. 2017. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-615-49660-3.
  2. ^ BBC News: Western Sahara profile
  3. ^ City Population: Western Sahara (disputed territory)


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