Eastern European Group‎

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Prior to the creation of the Regional Groups in 1964, the United Nations Security Council had an Eastern European and Asian Seat, that was occupied between 1946 and 1964 by countries from Eastern Europe (including Greece and Turkey), as well as by members of the modern Western European and Others and Asia-Pacific Groups.

Since its creation, the Group has changed significantly due to the dissolution of various members: the Soviet Union in 1991, Yugoslavia between 1991-2006 and Czechoslovakia in 1993. Additionally, through the process of German reunification, the Group lost the German Democratic Republic as one of its member states.

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The following are the current Member States of the Eastern European Group:{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/dgacm/en/content/regional-groups |title=Regional groups of Member States |author= |website=United Nations Department for General Assembly and Conference management |publisher=United Nations |access-date=26 August 2024}}{{cite journal |author= |title=United Nations Handbook 2018–19 |journal=United Nations Handbook:: An Annual Guide for Those Working within the United Nations |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/Handbooks/UN-Handbook-2018-19-pdf.pdf |edition=56 |location=Wellington |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand |pages=15–17 |date=2018 |issn=0110-1951 |access-date=2020-01-05 |archive-date=2019-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125091014/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/Handbooks/UN-Handbook-2018-19-pdf.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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• {{flag|Albania}}
• {{flag|Armenia}}
• {{flag|Azerbaijan}}
• {{flag|Belarus}}{{efn|Formerly represented by the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic until 1991}}
• {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
• {{flag|Bulgaria}}
• {{flag|Croatia}}
• {{flag|Czech Republic}}
• {{flag|Estonia}}
• {{flag|Georgia}}
• {{flag|Hungary}}
• {{flag|Latvia}}
• {{flag|Lithuania}}
• {{flag|Moldova}}
• {{flag|Montenegro}}
• {{flag|North Macedonia}}{{efn|Formerly under name The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia until 2019}}
• {{flag|Poland}}
• {{flag|Romania}}
• {{flag|Russia}}{{efn|Formerly represented by the Soviet Union until 1991}}{{efn|Permanent member of the United Nations Security Council}}
• {{flag|Serbia}}
• {{flag|Slovakia}}
• {{flag|Slovenia}}
• {{flag|Ukraine}}{{efn|Formerly represented by the Ukrainian SSR until 1991}}

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• {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} (1966–1993)
• {{flag|SFR Yugoslavia}} (1966–1992)
• {{flag|East Germany}} (1973–1990)

The Eastern European Group has two seats in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC); the permanent seat of Russia, and one elected seat, currently held by Albania. The Group further has 6 seats on the United Nations Economic and Social Council and 6 seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council. It is also eligible for having its nationals elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly in years ending with 2 and 7; most recently, Miroslav Lajčák of Slovakia was elected to this position in 2017 and was the office holder of the Sixty-seventh session.

The Eastern European Group holds two seats on the Security Council, 1 non-permanent and 1 permanent. The current members of the Security Council from the Group are:{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/current-members |title=Current Members |author= |date=n.d. |website=United Nations Security Council |publisher=United Nations |access-date=26 February 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/ga12152.doc.htm |title=General Assembly Elects Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Tunisia, Viet Nam as Non-Permanent Members of Security Council for 2020-2021 |author= |date=7 June 2019 |website=United Nations Meetings Coverage & Press Releases |publisher=United Nations |access-date=1 January 2020}}

The Eastern European Group holds six seats on the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The current members of the Economic and Social Council from the Group are:{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/content/members |title=Members |author= |date=n.d. |website=United Nations Economic and Social Council |publisher=United Nations |access-date=26 February 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/ga12153.doc.htm |title=General Assembly Elects 19 Economic and Social Council Members to Terms Beginning 1 January 2020, Adopts Resolution Commemorating Signing of United Nations Charter |author= |date=14 June 2019 |website=United Nations Meetings Coverage & Press Releases |publisher=United Nations |access-date=1 January 2020}}

The Eastern European Group holds six seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council. The current members of the Economic and Social Council from the Group are:{{cite web |url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/MembersByGroup.aspx |title=Current Membership of the Human Rights Council, 1 January - 31 December 2019 by regional groups |author= |date=n.d. |website=United Nations Human Rights Council |publisher=United Nations |access-date=26 February 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/ga12204.doc.htm |title=General Assembly Elects 14 Member States to Human Rights Council, Appoints New Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services |author= |date=17 October 2019 |website=United Nations Meetings Coverage & Press Releases |publisher=United Nations |access-date=1 January 2020}}

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Every five years in the years ending in 2 and 7, the Eastern European Group is eligible to elect a president to the General Assembly.

The following is a list of presidents from the region since its official creation in 1963:{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/pga/79/about/past-presidents/ |title=Past Presidents |author= |website=United Nations General Assembly |publisher=United Nations |access-date=26 August 2024}}

As the Eastern European Group changed significantly over time, the number of its members had also changed.

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• Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations
• Community of Democratic Choice
• Council of Europe
• Eastern Europe
• Eastern Partnership
• Eurasian Economic Union
• Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
• European Neighborhood Policy
• Eurovoc
• Future enlargement of the European Union
• List of political parties in Eastern Europe
• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
• Post-Soviet states

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