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{{Short description|United Nations regional group}}
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[[File:UN WEOG members.svg|thumb|upright=1.4|WEOG member and observer states]]

The '''Group of Western European and Other States''', also known as the '''Western European and Other States Group''' or '''WEOG''', is one of the five [[United Nations Regional Groups|United Nations regional groups]]. It is composed of 28 member states.<ref name="Worldatlas">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-five-regional-groups-of-the-united-nations.html |title=What Are The Five Regional Groups of the United Nations? |author=Wanza, Serah N. |date=27 November 2017 |website=Worldatlas |access-date=26 February 2019}}</ref> Most of these are in [[Western Europe]], but the group also includes countries of [[North America]], the [[Eastern Mediterranean]], [[Fennoscandia]] and [[Oceania]]. The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) participate as observers.

The Group is a non-binding dialogue group where subjects concerning regional and international matters are discussed. Additionally, the Group works to help allocate seats on United Nations bodies by nominating candidates from the region.<ref name ="equitable">{{cite report |author1=Agam, Hasmy |author2=Sam Daws |author3=Terence O'Brien |author4=Ramesh Takur |date=26 March 1999 |title=What is Equitable Geographic Representation in the Twenty-First Century |url=http://archive.unu.edu/unupress/equitable.pdf |publisher=United Nations University |access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Volger |editor1-first=Helmut |date=2010 |title=A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/eb28/294b6dd9c49dabfbd7791f6be2b154e101cb.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113221847/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/eb28/294b6dd9c49dabfbd7791f6be2b154e101cb.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-01-13 |location=Leiden |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |pages=592–6 |isbn=978-90-04-18004-8|s2cid=159105596 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Götz |first1=Norbert |date=2008 |title=Western Europeans and Others: The Making of Europe at the United Nations |url=https://www.academia.edu/8717657 |journal= Alternatives |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=359–81 |doi=10.1177/030437540803300305 |s2cid=145099552 |access-date=13 January 2020 }}</ref>

Unlike most other Regional Groups, WEOG is unusual in that geography is not the sole defining factor of its membership. Instead, its membership is based on geopolitical breakdown, being part of the "[[Western world]]" of affluent, [[Developed country|developed]] [[liberal democracies]], and are either part of Western Europe or a majority European-descended state (except Turkey and Israel), and part of the [[NATO]] military alliance and/or the US-led western military-economic community.<ref name="ISRAEL/WEOG">{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israel-and-the-weog |title=United Nations: Israel & the WEOG |date=n.d. |website=Jewish Virtual Library |publisher=American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise |access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.america-times.com/speech-by-h-e-president-jose-ramos-horta-of-the-democratic-republic-of-timor-leste-at-the-77th-session-of-the-united-nations-general-assembly/|title=Speech by H.E. President José Ramos-Horta of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly|first=America Times News|last=Service|date=October 4, 2022}}</ref>

As of 2024, the Western European and Others Group makes up 56%<!--22+4.318+4.375+0.005+2.111+0.679+0.828+2.628+0.553+0.417+6.111+0.036+0.439+0.561+3.189+0.010+0.068+0.019+0.011+1.377+0.309+0.679+0.353+0.002+2.134+0.871+1.134+0.325+0.845--> of the [[United Nations budget]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://undocs.org/en/A/76/296/Rev.1/Add.1 |title=Implementation of General Assembly resolutions 55/235 and 55/236: Report of the Secretary-General |date=28 December 2021 |publisher=[[United Nations General Assembly]] |access-date=24 February 2024}}</ref>

== Membership ==

=== Member states ===
The following are the current Member States of the Western European and Others Group:<ref name="UN GROUPS">{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/dgacm/en/content/regional-groups |title=Regional groups of Member States |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=United Nations Department for General Assembly and Conference management |publisher=United Nations |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="UN Handbook">{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=United Nations Handbook 2018–19 |journal=United Nations Handbook: An Annual Guide for Those Working with and within the United Nations |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/Handbooks/UN-Handbook-2018-19-pdf.pdf |edition=56 |location=Wellington |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand |pages=15–17 |date=2018 |issn=0110-1951}}</ref>
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*{{flagcountry|Andorra}}
*{{flagcountry|Australia}}
*{{flagcountry|Austria}}
*{{flagcountry|Belgium}}
*{{flagcountry|Canada}}
*{{flagcountry|Denmark}}
*{{flagcountry|Finland}}
*{{flagcountry|France}}{{efn|name="permanent"|Permanent member of the [[United Nations Security Council]]}}
*{{flagcountry|Germany}}{{efn|Represented by [[West Germany]] until 1990. [[East Germany]] was part of the [[Eastern European Group]] 1973–1990.}}
*{{flagcountry|Greece}}
*{{flagcountry|Iceland}}
*{{flagcountry|Ireland}}
*{{flagcountry|Israel}}{{efn|While geographically located in [[Asia]], Israel has participated in WEOG since 2000}}
*{{flagcountry|Italy}}
*{{flagcountry|Liechtenstein}}
*{{flagcountry|Luxembourg}}
*{{flagcountry|Malta}}
*{{flagcountry|Monaco}}
*{{flagcountry|Netherlands}}
*{{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
*{{flagcountry|Norway}}
*{{flagcountry|Portugal}}
*{{flagcountry|San Marino}}
*{{flagcountry|Spain}}
*{{flagcountry|Sweden}}
*{{flagcountry|Switzerland}}
*{{flagcountry|Turkey}}{{efn|Turkey is a member of both WEOG and the Asian Group, but for voting purposes is only part of WEOG.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/model-united-nations/groups-member-states|title=Groups of Member States |website=United Nations}}</ref>}}
*{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}{{efn|name="permanent"}}
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=== Observer states ===
*{{flagcountry|United States|name=United States of America}}{{efn|name="permanent"}}
** The United States of America is not formally a member of any regional group, but attends meetings of WEOG as an observer and is considered to be a member of the group for electoral purposes.<ref name="UN GROUPS"/>
*{{Flagcountry|Holy See}} ({{Flagcountry|Vatican City}})<ref name="auto"/>

=== Israel ===
While geographically located in Asia, Israel has been blocked from joining the [[Asia-Pacific Group]] by various Arab states.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} Due to having no regional group, Israel was unable to participate in the political and professional consultations within the framework of the United Nations and its agencies between its admission in 1949 and 1999. It was also unable to have its representatives elected to United Nations institutions due to the fact that it was not part of any regional group.<ref name="ISRAEL/WEOG"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.israel.org/MFA/PressRoom/2000/Pages/Israel%20Accepted%20to%20WEOG.aspx |title=Israel Accepted to WEOG |date=28 May 2000 |website=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |publisher=State of Israel |access-date=13 January 2020 |archive-date=14 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114010345/http://www.israel.org/MFA/PressRoom/2000/Pages/Israel%2520Accepted%2520to%2520WEOG.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1964, Israel applied to join WEOG and was rejected.<ref name="equitable"/>

This changed in May 2000, when Israel became a temporary member of the WEOG at the United Nations in New York, allowing it to put forward candidates for election to various United Nations General Assembly bodies. However, this temporary membership still precluded Israel from participating in activities at United Nations offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Rome and Vienna.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/01/world/israel-s-bittersweet-moment-one-step-out-of-isolation-at-un.html |title=Israel's Bittersweet Moment: One Step Out of Isolation at U.N. |last=Crossette |first=Barbara |date=1 June 200 |work=New York Times |access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref>

On 30 April 2004, the [[United States House of Representatives]] passed a resolution calling for the full inclusion of Israel in WEOG, directing the U.S. Government to pursue action to "ensure the extension and upgrade of Israel's membership in the Western European and Others Group at the United Nations."<ref>{{cite act |type=Resolution |index=H.RES.615 |date=30 April 2004 |legislature=[[United States House of Representatives]] |title=Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of full membership of Israel in the Western European and Others Group at the United Nations |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-resolution/615/text}}</ref> This was accomplished in May 2004, when Israel was granted a permanent renewal for WEOG proceedings in New York.

However, it was not until November 2013 when Israel was finally admitted into WEOG proceedings at the United Nations Geneva Office, 1 January 2014.<ref>{{cite press release |last=Kerry |first=John |date=2 December 2013 |title=Israel Invited To Join the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) in Geneva |url=https://geneva.usmission.gov/2013/12/03/israel-invited-to-join-the-western-european-and-others-group-weog-in-geneva/ |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva |agency=U.S. Department of State |access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Israel-invited-to-join-UNs-Western-nations-group-in-Geneva-333577 |title=Israel invited to join UN's Western nations group in Geneva |last=Lazaroff |first=Tovah |date=1 December 2013 |website=Jerusalem Post |access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref>

== Suggested reform ==
In his address before the [[Fifty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly|General Assembly at the 55th General Debate]], [[Vinci Niel Clodumar]], the head of the [[Nauru]] Delegation, advocated for the creation of a new Oceania regional group to include both Australia and New Zealand, as well as the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations|ASEAN member countries]], [[Japan]], the [[Republic of Korea]] and the Pacific island countries. In his speech he mentioned that "the 11 Pacific island countries are drowning in the Asian Group, while Australia and New Zealand...are marooned in the Group of Western European and other States."<ref>{{UN doc |docid=A/55/PV.25 |body=A |session=55 |type=Official Record |document_number=PV.25 |title=General Assembly: Fifty-fifth session - 25th plenary meeting |pages=21-5 |date= 20 September |year=2000 |meetingtime=3pm |speakername=Vinci Niel Clodumar |speakernation=Nauru |language=English |accessdate=13 January 2020}}</ref>

== Representation ==

=== Security Council ===
The Western European and Other States Group holds 5 seats on the [[United Nations Security Council|Security Council]], 2 non-permanent and 3 permanent. The current members of the Security Council from the Group are:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/current-members |title=Current Members |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=United Nations Security Council |publisher=United Nations |access-date=26 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/ga12024.doc.htm |title=General Assembly Elects Belgium, Dominican Republic, Germany, Indonesia, South Africa as Non-permanent Members of Security Council |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 June 2018 |website=United Nations Meetings Coverage & Press Releases |publisher=United Nations |access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Term
|-
| {{flagcountry|France}}
| Permanent
|-
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom|name=United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland}}
| Permanent
|-
| {{flagcountry|United States|name=United States of America}}
| Permanent
|-
| {{flagcountry|Denmark}}
| 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2026
|-
| {{flagcountry|Greece}}
| 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2026
|}

=== Economic and Social Council ===
The Western European and Other States Group holds 13 seats on the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]]. The current members of the Economic and Social Council from the Group are:<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |title=Members |url=https://ecosoc.un.org/en/about-us/members |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=United Nations Economic and Social Council |publisher=United Nations}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/ga12153.doc.htm |title=General Assembly Elects 19 Economic and Social Council Members to Terms Beginning 1 January 2020, Adopts Resolution Commemorating Signing of United Nations Charter |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=14 June 2019 |website=United Nations Meetings Coverage & Press Releases |publisher=United Nations |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Library |first=Dag Hammarskjöld |title=Research Guides: UN Membership: UN Economic and Social Council Membership |url=https://research.un.org/en/unmembers/ecosocmembers |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=research.un.org |language=English}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Term
|-
| {{flagcountry|Sweden}}
|1 January 2023 – 31 December 2025
|-
| {{flagcountry|France}}
| rowspan="5" | 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2026
|-
| {{flagcountry|Liechtenstein}}
|-
| {{flagcountry|Spain}}
|-
|{{Flag country|Turkey}}
|-
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
|-
|{{flagcountry|Australia}}
| rowspan="7" |1 January 2025 – 31 December 2027
|-
|{{flagcountry|Austria}}
|-
|{{flagcountry|Canada}}
|-
| {{flagcountry|Finland}}
|-
|{{flagcountry|Italy}}
|-
|{{flagcountry|Netherlands}}
|-
|{{Flag country|Switzerland}}
|}

=== Human Rights Council ===
The Western European and Other States Group holds 7 seats on the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]]. The current members of the Economic and Social Council from the Group are:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/MembersByGroup.aspx |title=Current Membership of the Human Rights Council, 1 January - 31 December 2019 by regional groups |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=United Nations Human Rights Council |publisher=United Nations |access-date=26 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/ga12204.doc.htm |title=General Assembly Elects 14 Member States to Human Rights Council, Appoints New Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=17 October 2019 |website=United Nations Meetings Coverage & Press Releases |publisher=United Nations |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Term
|-
| {{flagcountry|France}}
| rowspan=2 | 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2026
|-
| {{flagcountry|Netherlands}}
|-
| {{flag|Iceland}}
| rowspan=3 | 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2027
|-
| {{flag|Spain}}
|-
| {{flag|Switzerland}}
|-
| {{flagcountry|Belgium}} 
| rowspan=2 | 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2025
|-
| {{flagcountry|Germany}} 
|}

=== Presidency of the General Assembly ===
Every five years in the years ending in 0 and 5, the Western European and Other States Group is eligible to elect a president to the General Assembly.<ref name= "Worldatlas"/>

The following is a list of presidents from the region since its official creation in 1961:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/pga/79/about/past-presidents/ |title=Past Presidents |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=United Nations General Assembly |publisher=United Nations |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref>
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! Year Elected !! Session !! Name of President !! Country !! Note
|-
| 1965 || 20th || [[Amintore Fanfani]]|| {{flag|Italy}} ||  
|-
| 1970 || 25th || [[Edvard Hambro]] || {{flag|Norway}} ||
|-
| 1975 || 30th || [[Gaston Thorn]] || {{flag|Luxembourg}} ||
|-
| 1980 || 35th || [[Rüdiger von Wechmar]] || {{flag|West Germany|name=Federal Republic of Germany}} || Also chaired the eighth emergency special session of the General Assembly
|-
| 1985 || 40th || [[Jaime de Piniés]] || {{flag|Spain}} || Also chaired the thirteenth special session of the General Assembly
|-
| 1990 || 45th || [[Guido de Marco]] || {{flag|Malta}} ||
|-
| 1995 || 50th || [[Diogo de Freitas do Amaral]] || {{flag|Portugal}} ||
|-
| 2000 || 55th || [[Harri Holkeri]] || {{flag|Finland}} || Also chaired the [[Tenth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|tenth emergency special]], twenty-fifth special and twenty-sixth special sessions of the General Assembly
|-
| 2005 || 60th || [[Jan Eliasson]] || {{flag|Sweden}} ||
|-
| 2010 || [[Sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly|65th]] || [[Joseph Deiss]] || {{flag|Switzerland}} ||
|-
| 2015 || [[Seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly|70th]] || [[Mogens Lykketoft]] || {{flag|Denmark}} ||
|-
| 2020 || [[Seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly|75th]] || [[Volkan Bozkır]] || {{flag|Turkey}} || 
|-
| 2025 || 80th || [[Annalena Baerbock]]|| {{flag|Germany}}||
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | Future
|-
| 2030 || 85th || TBD || TBD || 
|-
| 2035 || 90th || TBD || TBD || 
|}

== Timeline of electoral membership ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Years!!Number of members!!Notes
|-
|1957||13||Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden
|-
|1958||14||Australia (''de facto'')
|-
|1959||15||South Africa (''de facto'')
|-
|1960||16||Canada (''de facto'')
|-
|1961||17||Finland
|-
|1963||18||Turkey
|-
|1964||19||Australia and Canada (''de jure''), New Zealand, Malta. South Africa was removed.
|-
|1971||22||France, United Kingdom, United States
|-
|1973||23||West Germany
|-
|1990||24||Liechtenstein, [[German reunification]]
|-
|1992||25||San Marino
|-
|1993||27||Monaco, Andorra
|-
|2000||28||Israel
|-
|2002||29||Switzerland
|}

The Western European and Others Group was originally created in 1957 without its consent, after Latin America, Asia and Africa,{{efn|Asia and Africa did not split into two different groups until 1963 ''de facto'', and until 1971 ''de jure''.}} and Eastern Europe made their own groups. States like Australia wanted to keep the previous [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] group, while states like France did not want to [[caucus]] with the Commonwealth states. At first, Canada considered applying for the Latin American group and renaming it a "Western Hemisphere" group, while Australia and New Zealand considered applying for the Asian group.<ref name="equitable"/>

Between 1957 and 1963, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa negotiated with the Western European states for WEOG seats on the [[United Nations General Committee]], while simultaneously not recognizing themselves as WEOG members. Australia obtained seats in 1958 and 1962, Canada obtained a seat in 1960, and South Africa obtained a seat in 1959. In 1964, the Western European states formally invited Canada, Australia, and New Zealand into their caucus, while refusing to invite Israel and South Africa.<ref name="equitable"/>

Under pressure from the Soviet Union, Finland was initially in the [[Eastern European Group]] until 1960. Finland switched to WEOG in 1961.<ref name="equitable"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Hovet, Jr. |first=Thomas |orig-date=1960 |title=Bloc Politics in the United Nations |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0674186545}}</ref><ref>Padelford, Norman J. "Politics and the Future of ECOSOC". ''International Organization'', vol. 15, no. 4, 1961, pp. 564–80. {{jstor|2705552}}. Accessed 24 Mar 2024.</ref>

Turkey was a member of the Asian group electorally until at least 1961, switching to WEOG by 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://undocs.org/en/A/PV.1009|title=A/PV.1009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://undocs.org/en/A/64/100|title=A/64/100}}</ref> The General Assembly does not have a record of which group Turkey was a member of electorally in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://undocs.org/en/A/PV.1124|title=A/PV.1124}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=May 2024}}

The wording of the 1957 General Assembly resolution placed the [[Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council|permanent members of the Security Council]] in their own group, causing France, the United Kingdom, and the United States to not count as part of WEOG electorally. When [[ECOSOC]] was expanded, the wording of the 1963 General Assembly resolution only assigned groups to the nine new seats, leaving the aforementioned permanent three still outside of WEOG electorally. When ECOSOC was expanded again, the wording of the 1971 General Assembly resolution finally assigned groups to all of the seats, formally placing the permanent three into WEOG electorally.

The above table excludes states who attended WEOG meetings prior to having electoral weight. West Germany, Monaco, Switzerland, and the Holy See became WEOG observers in 1967,<ref name="making">Götz, Norbert. "Western Europeans and Others: The Making of Europe at the United Nations". ''Alternatives: Global, Local, Political'', vol. 33, no. 3, 2008, pp. 359–81. {{jstor|40645245}}. Accessed 11 May 2024.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve14p1/d37|title=Telegram 15113 From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Posts, January 21, 1976, 1737Z}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3611&context=theses|title=European political cooperation at the United Nations General Assembly in the 1980's.Assembly in the 1980's}}</ref> while the first record from the [[US Department of State]] of the United States attending a WEOG meeting as an observer is from 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v05/d61|title=61. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State|website=Historical Documents - Office of the Historian|publisher=Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume V, United Nations, 1969–1972, Committee of 24 (Documents 47–81). New York, October 8, 1970, 0001Z}}</ref><ref>United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. ''United Nations Charter Amendments: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee On Foreign Relations, Eighty-Ninth Congress, First Session, On Apr. 28, 29, 1965.'' Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1965. p. 44. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d02094706x.</ref>

In approximately the first half of the 1960s, Yugoslavia participated in both WEOG and the Eastern European Group (similar to Turkey participating in two groups), but was only ever counted in the Eastern European Group electorally. Also during this time, Cyprus participated in both WEOG and the Asian group, but was only ever counted in the Asian group electorally. Both eventually left WEOG around the mid-1960s.<ref name="making"/>

==See also==
* [[United Nations Regional Groups]]
* [[Israel and the United Nations]]
* [[List of members of the United Nations Security Council]]
* [[List of members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council]]
* [[JUSCANZ]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Notes ==
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