International Contact Group

International Contact Groups are "informal, non-permanent international bodies that are created ad hoc, with the purpose of coordinating international actors in their aim of managing a peace and security crisis in a specific state or region (single-issue). They are founded and formed out of by states and/or International Organizations/Regional Organizations. They do not have own administrative structures, but are official announced and meet periodically."[1] Since 1977, at least 27 ICGs have been formed.[1]

Examples of such groups include:

Literature

References

  1. Henneberg, Ingo (2020). "International contact groups: Ad hoc coordination in international conflict management". South African Journal of International Affairs. 27 (4): 445–472. doi:10.1080/10220461.2020.1877190. S2CID 231875749.
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