- Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as ambassador and India’s permanent representative to United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
- He will replace Amandeep Gill.
UN Conference on Disarmament (CD)
- UN Conference on Disarmament (CD) is not formally United Nations (UN) organization.
- It is linked to UN through personal representative of UN Secretary-General.
- It is multilateral forum established in 1979 by international community to negotiate multilateral arms control and disarmament agreements.
- It is headquartered in Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.