United Nations Regional Groups
Overview
Apart from allowing member states with related international interests to liaise, discuss and coordinate their voting and other activities at the United Nations, the main function of the regional groups is to distribute membership quotas in United Nations bodies and leadership positions.

United Nations Regional Groups

Section Title: Overview
Table Section Text: Apart from allowing member states with related international interests to liaise, discuss and coordinate their voting and other activities at the United Nations, the main function of the regional groups is to distribute membership quotas in United Nations bodies and leadership positions.

Regional Group	Number of members	% of members	UNSC permanent members	UNSC elected members	ECOSOC members	HRC members	UNGA President years

Africa	54	28	0	3	14	13	4 and 9

Asia-Pacific	53	27.5	1	2	11	13	1 and 6

EEG	23	12	1	1	6	6	2 and 7

GRULAC	33	17	0	2	10	8	3 and 8

WEOG	28+1	15	3	2	13	7	0 and 5

None	1	0.5	–	–	–	–	–

Total UN members	193	100	5	10	54	47	All years

Sentence(s)

The Asia-Pacific Group consists of 53 Members (27.5% of United Nations members) and is the second largest regional group by number of member states after the African Group.

final_sentence: The Asia-Pacific Group consists of 53 Members (27.5% of United Nations members) and is the second largest regional group by number of member states after the African Group.