Latin Union

For currency union that existed between 1865 and 1927, see Latin Monetary Union.
Latin Union
1954–2012 (suspension)
Logo of Latin Union Unió Llatina (Catalan) Union Latine (French) Unione Latina (Italian) União Latina (Portuguese) Uniunea Latină (Romanian) Unión Latina (Spanish)
Logo
Location of Latin Union Unió Llatina (Catalan) Union Latine (French) Unione Latina (Italian) União Latina (Portuguese) Uniunea Latină (Romanian) Unión Latina (Spanish)
HeadquartersParis, France
48°46′N 2°11′E / 48.767°N 2.183°E / 48.767; 2.183
Official languages
Members[1]
Leaders
• 
President of the Congress
Oleg Serebrian
• Secretary-General
José Luis Dicenta Ballester
Historical eraPost-Cold War
• Established
15 May 1954
• Suspended
31 July 2012 (suspension)
Website
www.unilat.org

The Latin Union[a] is an international organization of nations that use Romance languages,[2] whose activities have been suspended since 2012. Headquartered in Paris, France, it aims to protect, project, and promote the common cultural heritage of Latin peoples and unifying identities of the Romance, and Romance-influenced, world. It was created in 1954 in Madrid, Spain. It started to operate in 1983 and its membership rose from 12 to 36 states, including countries in North America, South America, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region.[3]

Due to financial difficulties, the Latin Union announced on 26 January 2012 the suspension of its activities, the dissolution of its Secretariat General (effective 31 July 2012), and the termination of employment for all the organization's personnel.[4]

  1. ^ "États membres". Latin Union. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  2. ^ Latin Union Official Site Archived 2009-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Unión Latina; Estados miembros". Archived from the original on 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  4. ^ "Disolución de la Secretaría General de la Unión Latina", Unión Latina, accessed 2012-06-10.


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