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India re-elected to ECOSOC

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

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Global Organizations – Other

United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UN-HABITAT) UN-HABITAT was established in 1978 and has its headquarters at the UN office in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It runs two major worldwide campaigns – the ..

United Nations Economic and Social Council {ECOSOC}

ECOSOC was established under the United Nations Charter as the principal organ to coordinate economic, social, and related work of the 14 UN specialized agencies, functional commissions and five regional commissions. The Council also receives reports from 11 UN funds ..

World Trade Organization

The WTO is an inter-governmental organization for governments to negotiate global trade agreements and progressively liberalizing trade. Currently, WTO has 164 members. The WTO operates a system of trade rules that apply to all its members. The WTO is also ..

India re-elected to ECOSOC

India won its re-election to the EcoSoc. This win comes just a week after India’s re-election to the UNHRC. On election, members serve a three year term. India’s previous term was scheduled to end in 2013. Now, on re-election, India ..

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