U.N.’s Economic and Social Council Election – India
April 30 , 2018 2320 days 899 0
India has won six elections to United Nations Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc) bodies, five of them unanimously.
In the polls, India won places on the executive boards of four UN bodies, three commissions and a committee.
India topped the election to the Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations.
India was also elected by acclamation to the Commission on Population and Development for a term beginning April 16, 2018 and expiring in 2021.
The Council elected India and Kuwait (Asia-Pacific States) by acclamation to the Commission for Social Development.
India was among the 17 members elected by acclamation to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
India was among 14 nations elected by acclamation by the Council to the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).
For the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), the Council elected by acclamation 16 members, including India, for a three-year term beginning January 2019.