L.69 Group

The L.69 Group is a group of developing countries from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. They form a bloc with the common cause of achieving the comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council. The group has 42 countries as its members.

The group believe that the expansion of both the permanent and non-permanent members is important with the perspective of representation of contemporary world realities and achieving more accountability, representation, transparency, and to achieve more relevant Security Council.

Formation of L.69

The Group derives its name from the draft document number “L.69” that the Group had tabled in 2007-08, which led to the initiation of the Intergovernmental Negotiation (IGN) process. At that time, the Group’s membership was of 22 member states, which has since increased to 42 developing countries.

The Group meetings are held regularly (preferably once a month at PR/DPR level) to coordinate its position on the IGN process currently underway in the United Nations. The Mission of India serves as the Secretariat for the meetings of the L.69 Group of Developing Countries.

Members

This is a 42 members group. Some Member States of the L.69 Group of Developing Countries include: St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, India, Brazil, South Africa, Nigeria, Rwanda, Burundi, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Fiji, Ethiopia, Bhutan, Venezuela, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Bahamas and Seychelles.

On 11 September 2007, the L.69 tabled a draft resolution on the “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters.

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