Intergovernmental Negotiations And Decision Making At The - NGLS

32 Negotiations and Decision Making at the United NationsArgentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, theDominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana,Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay andVenezuela.• Southern African Countries: These countries, all members of the G-77/China, have not created a formal negotiating group, but they occasionallywork and speak together on issues when there is not a G-77/China position, e.g. social issues, women’s rights.• The Caribbean Community (CARICOM): Includes all Englishspeakingcountries of the region–Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas,Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica,Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and theGrenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, with five associatemembers. More information is available online: www.caricom.org.• The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS): AOSIS is an informalalliance of small island and low-lying coastal developing countriesformed in 1990 to address member interests in negotiations on climatechange and related issues. AOSIS has a membership of 43 States andobservers, drawn from all oceans and regions of the world: Africa,Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Pacific and South ChinaSea. More information is available online: www.sidsnet.org/aosis.• Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC): The OIC is an intergovernmentalorganization set up in 1969 with 57 members that includeIslamic States as well as countries with a significant Islamic community.It is the only grouping in the UN that recognizes the connectionbetween religion and politics and is active on social and cultural issuesand Palestine. More information is available online: www.oic-oci.org.