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India elected to three bodies of the UN
April 25 , 2021
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- India was recently elected to the three bodies of the United Nations which operates under United Nations Economic and Social Council.
- They were the,
- Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ),
- Executive Board of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and
- Executive Board of the World Food Programme (WFP).
- India was elected to all these three bodies by acclamation.
- Electing a member country through acclamation does not use a ballot.
- However, other member countries were elected through secret ballot to these bodies.
Election by Acclamation:
- When a member with clean slate is presented for an election in the United Nations, the vote takes place through acclamation.
- Clean Slate means there is no history of evidence of any problems or broken rules.
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