Uniting for Consensus

Uniting for Consensus (UfC), also known as the Coffee Club^[1], is a group that was created in the 1990s^[2] against the possible expansion of Permanent Seats in the United Nations Security Council. Italy started this group^[3][4] with help from Canada and Pakistan^[5] 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.

Uniting for Consensus core members except for S.Korea

Comparison

Country	Continent	UN funding2	Member of the UN since	International trade1	GDP (nominal)1	GDP (PPP)1	Defense budget1	Active military	Population	G20	OECD	DAC
Italy	Europe	3.307%	1955	948,600	2,120,232	2,610,563	40,800	347,927	59,045,521	Y	Y	Y
Canada	North America	2.734%	1945	947,200	2,015,983	1,978,816	18,600	68,250	38,610,406	Y	Y	Y
South Korea	Asia	2.267%	1991	1,170,900	1,823,852	2,436,872	50,100	630,000	51,671,569	Y	Y	Y
Spain	Europe	2.146%	1955	715,200	1,439,958	1,959,037	5,767	132,798	47,394,223	N*	Y	Y
Turkey	Europe / Asia	1.371%	1945	417,000	795,952	2,749,570	18,200	639,551	84,680,273	Y	Y	N
Mexico	North America	1.292%	1945	813,500	1,285,518	2,613,797	11,600	280,506	126,014,024	Y	Y	N
Argentina	South America	0.915%	1945	142,370	455,172	1,015,008	4,021	73,100	45,808,747	Y	N	N
Pakistan	Asia	0.115%	1947	58,000	286,340	1,370,075	7,600	643,800	225,200,000	N	N	N
Malta	Europe	0.017%	1964	9,200	10,582	23,501	42	2,130	514,564	N	N	N
Colombia	South America	0.288%	1945		314,464	1,014,978		293,200	52,085,168	N	Y	N
Costa Rica	North America	0.062%	1945		64,282	139,482		0	5,212,173	N	Y	N
San Marino	Europe	0.002%	1992		1,702	2,694		0	33,661	N	N	N
1USD millions 2Percent contributed to total UN budget

Spain is not part of the Uniting for Consensus group but was permanently invited.