page_title: Supranational union
section_title: Other international organisations with some degree of integration
hierarchical_section_title: Supranational union / Other international organisations with some degree of integration
context_page_description: A supranational union is a type of multinational political union where negotiated power is delegated to an authority by governments of member states.
  The term is sometimes used to describe the European Union as a new type of political entity. It is the only entity that provides for international popular elections, going beyond the level of political integration normally afforded by international treaties.
  The term "supranational" is sometimes used in a loose, undefined sense in other contexts such as a substitute for international, transnational or global.
  Another method of decision-making in international organisations is intergovernmentalism in which state governments play a more prominent role.
context_section_description: The only union generally recognised as having achieved the status of a supranational union is the European Union.
  There are a number of other regional organisations that, while not supranational unions, have adopted or intend to adopt policies that may lead to a similar sort of integration in some respects.
  African Union (AU)
  Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  Benelux, a political union of Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Though part of the EU, EU treaties contain an exception that EU law is subservient to Benelux integration.
  Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
  Central American Integration System (SICA)
  Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations
  Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Gulf Cooperation council) (GCC)
  Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
  Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
  South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
  Union of South American Nations (USAN)
  Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
  Union State
  Turkic Council (TurkKon)
  Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
  Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI)
  Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
  Pacific Alliance
  Other organisations that have also discussed greater integration include:
  Arab League into an "Arab Union"
  Pacific Islands Forum into the "Pacific Union"
  Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia into the "Eurasian Union"
  Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) into the "Latin American Union"
  East African Community into the "East African Federation"
caption: Global map showing several regional organisations of non-overlapping memberships as of the early-2000s.
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