Like Minded Group

The Like Minded Group (LMG) is a group of developing countries who organise themselves as block voters in international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization.

According to a statement by the Chinese diplomat Sha Zukang in 2005, the member countries of the Like Minded Group are Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, China, Cuba, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe.

The Like Minded Group has been accused by the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre and UN Watch of using its influence in the United Nations to hold up progress in the field of human rights. [http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2003.NGO.161.En?Opendocument] [http://www.unwatch.org/atf/cf/%7B6DEB65DA-BE5B-4CAE-8056-8BF0BEDF4D17%7D/DAWN_OF_A_NEW_ERA_HRC%20REPORT_FINAL.PDF]

See also

* Human Rights Council

External links

* [http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2003.NGO.161.En?Opendocument Written statement submitted by South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre]
* [http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/zwbd/t223170.htm Statement by H.E. Ambassador SHA Zukang, on behalf of the Like Minded Group, at the Meeting between the President of the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights]
* [http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/reform/cluster1/2005/0218likeminded.htm Position Paper of the Group of Like-Minded Countries: "United for Consensus"]
* [http://www.iheu.org/node/2727 A Catastrophe for Human Rights]
* [http://www.unwatch.org/atf/cf/%7B6DEB65DA-BE5B-4CAE-8056-8BF0BEDF4D17%7D/DAWN_OF_A_NEW_ERA_HRC%20REPORT_FINAL.PDF "Dawn of a New Era?: Assessment of the United Nations Human Rights Council and its Year of Reform"] A Report by UN Watch May 7, 2007
* [http://www3.georgetown.edu/grad/cct/11064.html]