Group of Nine

The Group of Nine (G9) was an alliance of European states that met occasionally to discuss matters of mutual pan-European interest.^[1] The alliance formed in 1965, when the nine countries presented a case study at the United Nations.^[2] They co-sponsored Resolution 2129 promoting East-West cooperation in Europe, unanimously adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1965.^[3][4] The alliance became the Group of Ten when the Netherlands joined by parliamentary decision in 1967.^[5][6][7] Following the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia,^[8] the group attempted to reconcile its differences at a meeting held at the United Nations in October 1969, but failed and subsequently dissolved.^[9][10] All member states, with the exception of the dissolved Yugoslavia, are now part of the European Union.

Group of Nine
Group of Nine countries
Membership	Austria  Belgium  Bulgaria  Denmark  Finland  Hungary  Netherlands  Romania  Sweden  Yugoslavia
Establishment	1965
Area
• Total	1,644,475 km2 (634,935 sq mi)

Members

 Austria

 Belgium

 Bulgaria

 Denmark

 Finland

 Hungary

 Netherlands

 Romania

 Sweden

 Yugoslavia^[11][12]

See also

• Yugoslavia–European Communities relations
• Neutral and Non-Aligned European States
• Craiova Group
• Open Balkan