India has been elected to four key subsidiary bodies of the United Nations' agency on economic and social issues, continuing its impressive record of winning elections at the world body.
India was elected by acclamation, a form of election that does not use a ballot, to the subsidiary bodies of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) during its coordination and management meeting yesterday. With the election wins, India maintained its 100 per cent record of winning elections held in the United Nations Headquarters here.
It was elected, along with 13 other nations, to the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for a three-year term beginning January 2016.
India was also re-elected to the Executive Board of the World Food Programme for the 2016-2018 term along with five other nations. WFP is the food assistance arm of the UN which provides food assistance to around 90 million people in 80 countries in a year.
The CCPCJ provides policy guidance to UN Member States on crime prevention and criminal justice and develop, monitor and review implementation of the UN crime prevention programme.
The Council elected a total of 14 members for a four-year term, beginning January 2016 for UN-Habitat.
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