India has been elected as a member of the UN Statistical Commission, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Programme Coordinating Board of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
It is elected by the Economic and Social Council ECOSOC of the United Nations.
They are important subsidiary bodies of the ECOSOC.
The Statistical Commission is the highest body dealing with international statistical activities and is responsible for standards setting in the field of statistics.
India was a member of the Statistical Commission last in 2004.