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(Italian) Unione Latina
(Spanish) Unión Latina (Portuguese) União Latina (French) Union Latine (Romanian) Uniunea Latină (Catalan) Unió Llatina Unione Latin Latin Union |
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| Headquarters | Paris, France |
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| - | President of the Congress | Oleg Serebrian |
| - | Secretary-General | Jose Luis Dicenta Ballester |
| Establishment | in Madrid, (15 May 1954) | |
| Website http://www.unilat.org |
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The Latin Union is an international organization of nations that use Romance languages, with the aim of protecting, projecting, and promoting the common cultural heritage and unifying identities of the Latin, and Latin-influenced, world. It was created in 1954 in Madrid, Spain, and has existed as a functional institution since 1983. Its membership has risen from 12 to 36 states, including countries in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region.[1]
The official names of the Latin Union are: Unione Latina in Italian, Unión Latina in Spanish, União Latina in Portuguese, Union latine in French, Uniunea Latină in Romanian, and Unió Llatina in Catalan.[2]
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According to the Latin Union's website, membership is open to any nation that meets the following criteria:
The official languages of the Latin Union are Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian, and Catalan. Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian are used as working languages. All the texts of general diffusion are translated into these four languages, with some also going into Romanian and Catalan.
The Union is composed of three main bodies, namely, the Congress, the Executive Council and the General Secretariat.
The Congress, which consists of the representatives of all the Member States, meets in ordinary assembly every two years. Its main functions are
A President and two Vice-Presidents are also elected by the Congress. Oleg Serebrian from Republic of Moldova is the current President (since December 2010).
There are also two auxiliary bodies of the Congress, namely, the Commission of Adhesions and the Commission of Candidacies.
The Executive Council is the executive branch of the Union. It consists of 12 Member States, which are elected by the Congress every four years, and led by a President and two Vice-Presidents, which are also elected by the Congress. Since December 2010 Andorra, Brazil, Ecuador, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Uruguay and Venezuela are the members of the council.
There are also two auxiliary commissions sub-ordinated to the Executive Council:
The Latin Union is directed by a Secretary-General appointed every four years by the Congress. The Secretary is in charge of the execution of the programmes and implements the decisions made by the Congress and the Executive Council in the matter of budget and general direction. Jose Luis Dicenta Ballester is currently the Secretary-General of the Union.
Subordinated to the Secretary-General, there are 4 directors:
The finance of the Union is mainly supported by the obligatory contributions from the Member States. For some activities, the Union may collaborate with other public or private institutions.
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