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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 (42 members)Updated on 28 April 2008

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

CONTACT: Chairperson:
Dr. Pie Ntavyohanyuma, Speaker, National Assembly
Bujumbura
Burundi

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 (17 members)Updated on 29 April 2008

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

CONTACT: Mr. Abdulhadi Majali
Speaker of the House of Representatives and President of the Arab group
Amman Jordan

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 (26 members)Updated on 28 April 2008

  Afghanistan, Australia
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: Honourable Donald H. Oliver, Q.C., Senator

Secretary/Coordinator: Mr. Mark D'Amore, Executive Secretary of the Canadian Group of the IPU
International and Interparliamentary Affairs Directorate
Parliament of Canada
131, Queen Street
Room 05-20
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Tel.: +613-944-5275
Fax: +613-995-0212
E-mail: DamorM@parl.gc.ca

 EURASIA GROUP (7 members)Updated on 23 May 2007

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

CONTACT : Mr. Gleb Bedritsky
Secretary of the Eurasia Group
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 19 November 2007

  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: Mr. Dario Vivas MP
Esq. de Pajaritos
Edif. José María Vargas, piso 5
Asamblea Nacional
Caracas
Venezuela

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 (44 members)Updated on 19 November 2007

  Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria
Belgium, 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 (5)Updated on 19 November 2007

  Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Maldives, Montenegro
Ukraine

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