Uniting for Consensus

**Uniting for Consensus** (**UfC**), also known as the **Coffee Club**, is a group that was created in the 1990s against the possible expansion of Permanent Seats in the United Nations Security Council. Italy started this group with help from Canada and Pakistan and wanted to be against giving the permanent seats wanted by the G4 countries (Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan). The UfC wants a consensus, or agreement before any decision is formed on the United Nation Security Council.

## Comparison

|Country|Continent|UN funding<sup>2</sup>|Member of the UN since|International trade<sup>1</sup>|GDP (nominal)<sup>1</sup>|GDP (PPP)<sup>1</sup>|Defense budget<sup>1</sup>|Active military|Population|G20|OECD|DAC||||||||||||||
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|style="text-align:left;"||align="center"|Europe|align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"|3.307%|align="center"|1955|align="center"|948,600|align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"|2,120,232|align="center"|2,610,563|align="center"|40,800|align="center"|347,927|align="center"|59,045,521|align="center"||align="center"||align="center"||
|style="text-align:left;"||align="center"|North America|align="center"|2.734%|align="center"|1945|align="center"|947,200|align="center"|2,015,983|align="center"|1,978,816|align="center"|18,600|align="center"|68,250|align="center"|38,610,406|align="center"||align="center"||align="center"||
|style="text-align:left;"||align="center"|Asia|align="center"|2.267%|align="center"|1991|align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"|1,170,900|align="center"|1,823,852|align="center"|2,436,872|align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"|50,100|align="center"|630,000|align="center"|51,671,569|align="center"||align="center"||align="center"||
|style="text-align:left;"||align="center"|Europe|align="center"|2.146%|align="center"|1955|align="center"|715,200|align="center"|1,439,958|align="center"|1,959,037|align="center"|5,767|align="center"|132,798|align="center"|47,394,223|align="center"|*|align="center"||align="center"||
|style="text-align:left;"||align="center"|Europe / Asia|align="center"|1.371%|align="center"|1945|align="center"|417,000|align="center"|795,952|align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"|2,749,570|align="center"|18,200|align="center"|639,551|align="center"|84,680,273|align="center"||align="center"||align="center"||
|style="text-align:left;"||align="center"|North America|align="center"|1.292%|align="center"|1945|align="center"|813,500|align="center"|1,285,518|align="center"|2,613,797|align="center"|11,600|align="center"|280,506|align="center"|126,014,024|align="center"||align="center"||align="center"||
|style="text-align:left;"||align="center"|South America|align="center"|0.915%|align="center"|1945|align="center"|142,370|align="center"|455,172|align="center"|1,015,008|align="center"|4,021|align="center"|73,100|align="center"|45,808,747|align="center"||align="center"||align="center"||
|style="text-align:left;"||align="center"|Asia|align="center"|0.115%|align="center"|1947|align="center"|58,000|align="center"|286,340|align="center"|1,370,075|align="center"|7,600|align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"|643,800|align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"|225,200,000|align="center"||align="center"||align="center"||
|style="text-align:left;"||align="center"|Europe|align="center"|0.017%|align="center"|1964|align="center"|9,200|align="center"|10,582|align="center"|23,501|align="center"|42|align="center"|2,130|align="center"|514,564|align="center"||align="center"||align="center"||
|style="text-align:left;"||align="center"|South America|align="center"|0.288%|align="center"|1945|align="center"||align="center"|314,464|align="center"|1,014,978|align="center"||align="center"|293,200|align="center"|52,085,168|align="center"||align="center"||align="center"||
|style="text-align:left;"||align="center"|North America|align="center"|0.062%|align="center"|1945|align="center"||align="center"|64,282|align="center"|139,482|align="center"||align="center"|0|align="center"|5,212,173|align="center"||align="center"||align="center"||
|style="text-align:left;"||align="center"|Europe|align="center"|0.002%|align="center"|1992|align="center"||align="center"|1,702|align="center"|2,694|align="center"||align="center"|0|align="center"|33,661|align="center"||align="center"||align="center"||
Spain is not part of the Uniting for Consensus group but was permanently invited.