The JUSCANZ Group is an informal, information-sharing coalition of like-minded countries at the United Nations Human Rights Council and other United Nations bodies, such as the Third, Fourth Committees[1][2] and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. In the United Nations Regional Grouping system, it is considered as a subsection of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG), as most of its members are members of that Group. Its aim is to counterbalance the sway of the European Union bloc in WEOG matters.

The name of the group is derived from the acronym of its founding members Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.[3]

Role

The Group's role is mainly to act as a tool for information-sharing at the United Nations. Unlike the United Nations Regional Groups, JUSCANZ is not a policy-coordination mechanism.

Members of the Group are not expected to reach consensus positions on issues. Rather, at JUSCANZ meetings, members meet to share information on the status of resolutions and to flag potential problems or issues for other delegations.

Members

Members of the Group

While membership of the group is not fixed, and its membership has varied throughout its history, the main members that have partaken in meetings of the Group include:[1][4]

History

On 22 January 2010, Israel was permitted to join the Group for sessions at the United Nations Office at Geneva, but not at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, nor at the other two major office sites of Vienna and Nairobi.[8]

On 11 February 2014, following intense lobbying, Israel was allowed to join the Group in all relevant United Nations Committees at Headquarters in New York.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "JUSCANZ". Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia. Kingdom of Cambodia. 2007. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Groups of Member States". United Nations Outreach. United Nations. n.d. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Booten, Matthew (30 March 2020). "What is JUSCANZ - Will it ever happen?". Politic-Ed. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Ian Klaus; Russel Singer (February 2018). "The United Nations: Local Authorities in Four Frameworks" (PDF). Penn Institute for Urban Research. University of Pennsylvania. p. 4. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Separation anxiety: European influence at the UN after Brexit". 8 May 2018 – via www.ecfr.eu.
  6. ↑ "Post-Brexit diplomacy: Can the UK hope to exert leverage at the UN without recourse to the EU?". 2 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "UNCTAD15: UK closing statement". GOV.UK. In this spirit of collaboration, I am also pleased to announce that the United Kingdom will, henceforth, be joining the JUSCANNZ regional grouping at UNCTAD.
  8. ↑ "First Time: Israel Admitted to UN Human Rights Caucus in Geneva". UN Watch. UN Watch. 27 January 2010. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  9. ↑ Mark Leon Goldberg (11 February 2014). "Why Israel Is Drinking from Juice Cans at the UN". UN Dispatch. UN Dispatch. Retrieved 13 May 2019.


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