The Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC: Group of Latin America and Caribbean Countries) is a United Nations Regional Group gathering all the Latin American and Caribbean states (17% of all UN members). It is one of the five UN regional groups, the others being the African Group, the Asia-Pacific Group, the Eastern European Group, and the Western European and Others Group (WEOG). It is a non-binding dialogue group where subjects concerning regional and international matter are discussed and its objective is to reach consensus. The president of GRULAC is elected for a two years mandate. Since April 2016, the presidency is held by Ramón Custodio from Honduras.
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Meetings
The regular meetings of GRULAC take place in Geneva. The goals of these meetings are to:
The Ambassadors meeting is the most important of the meetings, though it is not a regular meeting and only occurs according to the needs of the moment, such as if important decisions are needed to be taken in other organizations or forums.
The different offices
The most regular topics discussed by the group in general are human rights, environment, WIPO, ILO, UNCTAD and ITU.
The GRULAC has several offices:
List of member states
GRULAC comprises the 33 countries listed below:
Others
GRULAC, in 2006, formalized its support to Hunger-Free Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative.