India has been elected to four key United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC) Bodies in April 2022.
These bodies include:
Commission for Social Development,
Committee on NGOs,
Commission on Science & Technology for Development
Ambassador Preeti Saran has been re-elected to Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Apart from this, India has contributed US$ 200,000 to UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes by Da’esh/ ISIL (UNITAD).
The contribution will be used to support the two areas of UNITAD’s investigations, which are: Development and use of chemical and biological weapons by ISIL and ISIL crimes against cultural heritage in Iraq.
