Which country has been elected as the new President of Governing Council of UN-Habitat?
Q. Which country has been elected as the new President of Governing Council of UN-Habitat?
Answer: India
Notes: India has been unanimously elected as the new President of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat), an organ of the United Nations’ Organisation (UNO) that promotes socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements across the world. Since the UN-Habitat came into being in 1978, it is only the third time that India has been elected to lead this important organization after 2007 and 1988. The UN-Habitat reports to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

 

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