Regional groups

The States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons have organized themselves into a number of groups to facilitate their representation in the CCW meetings, as well as their preparations and discussions. The membership of these groups differs from those found in other forums, despite the similar names. Each group has a coordinator who may speak on behalf of the group and is responsible for organising and chairing meetings of that group. The current coordinators and members of each group are listed below:

Eastern European Group (EEG):

Coordinator: Hungary

Membership:

  1. Albania
  2. Belarus
  3. Bosnia-Herzegovina
  4. Bulgaria
  5. Croatia
  6. Czech Republic
  7. Estonia
  8. Georgia
  9. Hungary
  10. Latvia
  11. Lithuania
  12. Moldova
  13. Montenegro
  14. Poland
  15. Romania
  16. Russian Federation
  17. Serbia
  18. Slovakia
  19. Slovenia
  20. Tajikistan
  21. Turkmenistan
  22. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  23. Ukraine
  24. Uzbekistan

States not parties to CCW:

  1. Armenia
  2. Azerbaijan
  3. Kazakhstan
  4. Kyrgyzstan

Group of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM):

Coordinator: Venezuela (as of 8 November 2013)

Membership:

  1. Afghanistan (s)
  2. Albania
  3. Bangladesh
  4. Belarus
  5. Benin
  6. Bolivia
  7. Brazil
  8. Brunei Darussalam
  9. Cambodia
  10. Cape Verde
  11. Chile
  12. Colombia
  13. Costa Rica
  14. Cuba
  15. Ecuador
  16. Egypt (s)
  17. Gabon
  18. Guatemala
  19. Honduras
  20. India
  21. Jordan
  22. Lesotho
  23. Liberia
  24. Madagascar
  25. Mali
  26. Mauritius
  27. Mexico
  28. Mongolia
  29. Morocco
  30. Nicaragua
  31. Nigeria (s)
  32. Pakistan
  33. Panama
  34. Peru
  35. Philippines
  36. Saudi Arabia
  37. Senegal
  38. South Africa
  39. Sri Lanka
  40. Sudan (s)
  41. Togo
  42. Tunisia
  43. Uganda
  44. Venezuela
  45. Viet Nam (s)

States not parties to CCW:

  1. Algeria
  2. Bahrain
  3. Barbados
  4. Belize
  5. Bhutan
  6. Botswana
  7. Burundi
  8. Cote d’Ivoir
  9. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
  10. Democratic Republic of the Congo
  11. Dominican Republic
  12. Ethiopia
  13. Gambia
  14. Ghana
  15. Indonesia
  16. Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  17. Iraq
  18. Jamaica
  19. Kenya
  20. Kuwait
  21. Lebanon
  22. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  23. Myanmar
  24. Nepal
  25. Oman
  26. Qatar
  27. Rwanda
  28. Singapore
  29. Somalia
  30. Syria
  31. Thailand
  32. United Arab Emirates
  33. Zimbabwe

Western European and Others Group (WEOG):

Coordinator: Germany

Membership:

  1. Argentina
  2. Australia
  3. Austria
  4. Belgium
  5. Canada
  6. Denmark
  7. Finland
  8. France
  9. Germany
  10. Greece
  11. Holy See
  12. Iceland (s)
  13. Ireland
  14. Israel
  15. Italy
  16. Japan
  17. Liechtenstein
  18. Luxembourg
  19. Netherlands
  20. New Zealand
  21. Norway
  22. Portugal
  23. Republic of Korea
  24. Spain
  25. Sweden
  26. Switzerland
  27. Turkey
  28. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  29. United States of America

Group of One:

Membership: China