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Geopolitical groups play an important role in the functioning of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Each group decides on its own working methods that best suit its participation in the activities of the Union and informs the Secretariat of its composition, the names of its officers, and its rules of procedure.

As stipulated in Article 25 of the Statutes of the Union, those Members that belong to more than one geopolitical group should inform the Secretary General which geopolitical Group they represent for the purposes of submitting candidatures for positions within the Union.

Click on the name of any of the following six geopolitical groups that are currently active in the IPU to see its respective composition and contact details:

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Please note that some IPU members are not affiliated to any of these geopolitical groups.

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 AFRICAN GROUP (41 members) Updated on 22 October 2009

  Algeria, Angola
Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi
Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Egypt, Ethiopia
Gabon, Gambia, Ghana
Kenya
Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique
Namibia, Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan
Togo, Tunisia
Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania
Zambia, Zimbabwe
Africa

CONTACT: Chairperson: Rt. Hon. Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi
Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda
Kampala
Uganda

Mr. Abdelgadir Abdalla
Secretary General, African Parliamentary Union
30, Bd. Roume
B.P. V314
Abidjan
Côte d'Ivoire
Fax: +225 20 30 44 05, +225 20 30 44 09
Tel.: +225 20 30 39 70, +225 20 30 39 74
E-mail: upa1@aviso.ci, upa2@aviso.ci

 ARAB GROUP (19 members) Updated on 4 September 2009

  Algeria
Bahrain
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Mauritania, Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Arab

CONTACT:President: Cheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed AL Issai
Chairman of the Majlis A'ShuraMuscat, Sultanate of Oman

Coordinator: Mr. Nour Eddine Bouchkouj
Secretary General, Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union
Mezzeh Est
Rue Chafei no. 6
P.O. Box 4130
Damascus
Syrian Arab Republic
Fax: +963 11 613 02 24
Tel.: +963 11 613 00 42 / 613 02 23
E-mail: info@arab-ipu.org

 ASIA-PACIFIC GROUP (27 members) Updated on 3 November 2009

  Afghanistan, Australia
Bangladesh
Cambodia, Canada, China
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Japan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Malaysia, Mongolia
Nepal, New Zealand
Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines
Republic of Korea
Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka
Thailand, Timor-Leste
Viet Nam
Asia-Pacific

CONTACT: Chairperson: Mrs. Meira Kumar
Honorable Speaker
Lok Sabha 17, Parliament House
New Delhi-110001
Tel.: +91 11 23017795, 23017914
Fax: +91 11 23792927
E-mail: ipuc-lss@sansad.nic.in

Secretary: Mr. P. D. T. Achary
Secretary General
Lok Sabha 18, Parliament House
New Delhi-110001
Tel.: +91 11 23017465, 23034255, 23034567
Fax: +91 11 23792107
E-mail: ipuc-lss@sansad.nic.in

 EURASIA GROUP (7 members)Updated on 23 May 2007

  Armenia
Belarus
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation
Tajikistan
Eurasia

CONTACT : Secretary: Mr. Gleb Bedritsky
Secretary General of the Interparliamentary Group of the Republic of Belarus
Head of the Secretariat of the Council of the Republic
National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus
ul. Krasnoarmeiskaya 4
220016 Minsk
Belarus
Fax: +375 17 227 79 85
Phone: +375 17 222 36 77
E-mail: shitkovskaya@sovrep.gov.by

 GROUP OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (19 members) Updated on 22 October 2009

  Argentina
Bolivia, Brazil
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador, El Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama, Paraguay, Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
Latin American

CONTACT:

President: Senator Carlos Jiménez Macías (Mexico)
Torre Caballito
Piso 15, Oficina 9
Reforma 10
Col. Tabacalera
México, D. F., 06930
Tel.: +5255 5345 3000 ext. 3072, 5172
Fax: +5255 5345 3000 ext. 5326
E-mail: climenezmacias@senado.gob.mx

Vice-Présidents:
    Mr. Atila Lins
, MP (Brazil)
    Mr. Federico Tinoco Carmona, MP (Costa Rica)

Mr. Oscar Piquinela
GRULAC Secretary
Cámara de Representantes
Palacio Legislativo
Av. de las Leyes
Montevideo, Uruguay
Fax: +598 2 924 87 74
Tel.: +598 2 924 86 86
Mobile: +598 99 68 58 10
E-mail: ipuuru@parlamento.gub.uy
Website: http://www.secretariagrulacuip.org

 TWELVE-PLUS GROUP (45 members)Updated on 3 June 2008

  Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria
Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria
Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland, France
Georgia, Germany, Greece
Hungary
Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy
Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg
Malta, Monaco
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway
Poland, Portugal
Romania
San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
United Kingdom

Observers: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, European Parliament

Twelve-plus

CONTACT: Chair: Mr. John Austin MP, United Kingdom

Secretary: Mr. Kenneth Courtenay
General Secretary of the British Inter-Parliamentary Group
Palace of Westminster
London SW1A 0AA
United Kingdom

Fax: +44 207 222 12 13
Tel.: +44 207 219 30 11
E-mail: bgipu@parliament.uk or reesd@parliament.uk

 UNAFFILIATED (4)Updated on 3 June 2008

  Azerbaijan
Maldives, Montenegro
Ukraine