Uniting for Consensus the beginning of intergovernmental negotiations, when Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini hosted more than 75 countries to develop a shared path towards a reform of the Security Council. On May 2011, the members states which have participated in the group meeting held in Rome rose to 120. As of 19 February 2009, core members of the Uniting for Consensus group were: <nowiki>*</nowiki>Whilst Spain isn't an official member of the G20, it is a permanent invitee. Uniting for Consensus Uniting for Consensus (UfC) is a movement, nicknamed the Coffee Club, that developed in the 1990s in opposition to the possible
Mexico and the United Nations participate in U.N. peacekeeping missions, taking part in humanitarian tasks that benefit civil society". Mexico has been elected four times to the United Nations Security Council. The Mexican Government is vehemently opposed to adding new members to the Security Council. Mexico and eight other countries created a group called the "Uniting for Consensus" (also known as the "Coffee Club"), where they are opposed to new permanent members, however they would like to raise the number of more non-permanent members to 20. List of terms as an elected member to the Security Council: Mexico maintains permanent representation to the United Nations