GCC member states

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intergovernmental organization members political grouping regional bloc

GCC member states are the six Middle Eastern countries—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—that form the Gulf Cooperation Council, a regional bloc focused on political, economic, and security cooperation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
GCC member states canonical	7
GCC countries	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3238301 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: GCC member states
Context triple: [GCC Ministerial Council, jurisdiction, GCC member states]

A. Council of Europe member states
Council of Europe member states are the sovereign European countries that belong to the Council of Europe, a regional organization focused on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.
B. Member States of the United Nations
The Member States of the United Nations are sovereign countries that have joined the UN to cooperate on international peace, security, and development under the framework of the UN Charter.
C. ITU Member States
ITU Member States are the sovereign countries that collectively govern the International Telecommunication Union and shape global standards and policies for information and communication technologies.
D. Member States of the European Union
The Member States of the European Union are the sovereign European countries that have joined the EU, sharing common institutions, laws, and policies while participating in its single market and political union.
E. IAEA Member States
IAEA Member States are the sovereign countries that collectively govern the International Atomic Energy Agency and shape its policies, programs, and oversight.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: GCC member states
Target entity description: GCC member states are the six Middle Eastern countries—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—that form the Gulf Cooperation Council, a regional bloc focused on political, economic, and security cooperation.

A. Council of Europe member states
Council of Europe member states are the sovereign European countries that belong to the Council of Europe, a regional organization focused on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.
B. Member States of the United Nations
The Member States of the United Nations are sovereign countries that have joined the UN to cooperate on international peace, security, and development under the framework of the UN Charter.
C. ITU Member States
ITU Member States are the sovereign countries that collectively govern the International Telecommunication Union and shape global standards and policies for information and communication technologies.
D. Member States of the European Union
The Member States of the European Union are the sovereign European countries that have joined the EU, sharing common institutions, laws, and policies while participating in its single market and political union.
E. IAEA Member States
IAEA Member States are the sovereign countries that collectively govern the International Atomic Energy Agency and shape its policies, programs, and oversight.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization members ⓘ political grouping ⓘ regional bloc ⓘ
borderBodyOfWater	Arabian Sea ⓘ Gulf of Oman ⓘ Persian Gulf ⓘ
cooperateOn	common market ⓘ counterterrorism ⓘ customs union ⓘ education and cultural exchange ⓘ environmental issues ⓘ health cooperation ⓘ infrastructure projects ⓘ labor and migration policies ⓘ maritime security ⓘ transport connectivity ⓘ
hasMember	Bahrain ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ Oman ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ
locatedIn	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
partOf	Gulf Cooperation Council ⓘ
shareCurrencyPlan	proposed GCC common currency ⓘ
shareDefenseStructure	Peninsula Shield Force ⓘ
shareEconomicFeature	high per capita income (most members) ⓘ hydrocarbon-based economies ⓘ oil-exporting economies ⓘ
shareInstitution	GCC Ministerial Council ⓘ GCC Secretariat General ⓘ surface form: GCC Secretariat-General GCC Supreme Council ⓘ
shareLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
shareOrganization	Gulf Cooperation Council ⓘ
shareRegionalFocus	cultural cooperation ⓘ defense cooperation ⓘ economic cooperation ⓘ energy policy coordination ⓘ foreign policy coordination ⓘ internal security coordination ⓘ political cooperation ⓘ security cooperation ⓘ trade integration ⓘ
shareRegionalIdentity	Arab League member states ⓘ surface form: Arab League members Persian Gulf states ⓘ surface form: Arab states of the Persian Gulf West Asian states ⓘ
shareReligion	Islam (majority) ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GCC Ministerial Council → jurisdiction → GCC member states ⓘ

Gulf Cooperation Council states’ armed forces → basedIn → GCC member states ⓘ

GCC Judicial Committee → jurisdiction → GCC member states ⓘ

GCC Interconnection Authority → jurisdiction → GCC member states ⓘ

GCC Health Council → jurisdiction → GCC member states ⓘ

GCC economic and social coordination → appliesTo → GCC member states ⓘ

GSO → regionServed → GCC member states ⓘ

Roewe RX8 → soldInMarket → GCC member states ⓘ

this entity surface form: GCC countries

AGU → regionServed → GCC member states ⓘ