New Delhi: As India was elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the term 2022-24 on Monday, Ambassador of India to UN TS Tirumurti thanked all member states of the United Nations for their vote of confidence in India.
India 🇮🇳 today has been elected to the @UN Economic & Social Council (#ECOSOC) for the term 2022-24.
The ECOSOC is at the centre of the UN development system and brings together people and issues to promote collective action for a sustainable world. pic.twitter.com/KNnxdVBGVF
— India at UN, NY (@IndiaUNNewYork) June 7, 2021
India was elected in the Asia-Pacific States category along with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Oman in the elections held on Monday.
The 54-member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is at the heart of the United Nations system to advance the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental.
The ECOSOC is at the centre of the UN development system and brings together people and issues to promote collective action for a sustainable world. The UN body has 54 members, which are elected each year by the General Assembly for three-year terms. Seats on the ECOSOC are allocated on the basis of geographical representation with 14 seats to African states, 11 to Asia-Pacific states, six to Eastern European states, 10 to Latin American and Caribbean states, and 13 to Western Europe and other states.
In all, 18 states were elected to the ECOSOC, the coordinating body for the economic and social work of UN agencies and funds, for a three-year term beginning on January 1, 2022.
Elected countries include: Cote d’Ivoire, Eswatini, Mauritius, Tanzania, Tunisia from African states; Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Oman from Asia-Pacific states; Croatia, the Czech Republic from Eastern European states; Belize, Chile, Peru from Latin America and Caribbean states; Belgium, Canada, Italy, the United States from Western European and other states.
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