Latin American and Caribbean Group

Latin American and Caribbean Group
Formation1945 (1945)
TypeRegional Group
Legal statusActive
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The Group of Latin America and Caribbean Countries, or GRULAC, is one of the five United Nations Regional Groups composed of 33 Member States from Central and South America, as well as island nations in the Caribbean. 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.

In 1985, the group was known as the Latin American Group. This was changed to Latin American and Caribbean Group sometime between 1985 and 1986.