• India has been re-elected to the UN’s principal organ on economic, social and environmental issues for another three-year term.
• India was among 18 nations to win election to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

About ECOSOC?

• ECOSOC, one of the six main organs of the United Nations, is the principal body for coordination, policy review, policy dialogue and recommendations on economic, social and environmental issues, as well as for implementation of the internationally agreed development goals.
• The Council’s 54 member Governments are elected by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. Seats on the Council are allotted based on geographical representation with 14 allocated to African states, 11 to Asian states, 6 to Eastern European states, 10 to Latin American and Caribbean states, and 13 to Western European and other states.

Source:TH