United Nations Economic and Social Council Current Affairs, GK & News
India in 4 UN ECOSOC Bodies
India has been elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) four major bodies, including the Commission on Science and Technology for Development. Overview: To the Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Right, Ambassador Preeti Saran has been re-elected. In 2018, she was first elected to the Asia Pacific seat on the UN’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Commission for Social Development • Commission on Science and Technology for Development • Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights • Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations • ECOSOC Bodies • India • United Nations Economic and Social Council
India elected to three bodies of the UN ECOSOC
India was recently elected to the three bodies of the United Nations. They were the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Executive Board of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and the Executive Board of World Food Programme. All these three bodies operate under United Nations Economic and Social Council. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: acclamation • Ballot • commission on crime prevention • Election • UN World Food Programme • United Nations • United Nations Economic and Social Council • United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Wome
What is Table Mountain National Park?
The Table Mountain National Park is located in Cape Town of South Africa. Recently, a fire caught in the park and is burning it rapidly. More than two hundred fire fighters have been deployed in the region to quench the fire. A vacated vagrant fire may have caused the fire. Vagrant is a person without ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Fire • national park • table mountains • UNESCO • United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Fund • United Nations Economic and Social Council
Odisha government signs pactwith UNICEF to provide safe drinking water
The Odisha government has recently signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU) with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to provide 24-hour safe drinking water to every household in the state under the project ‘Drink From Tap Mission’. The project has been launched on a pilot basis for about 1.2 lakh people involving 22,000 families in pockets ..
Topics: Drinking water • Khordha district • Organizations • Puri • States and union territories of India • Subdivisions of India • UNICEF • United Nations Development Group • United Nations Economic and Social Council
Odisha government unveils a mascot ‘Tikki Mausi’ to combat malnutrition among children
The mascot ‘Tikki Mausi’ has been launched by the Odisha government in collaboration with UNICEF to spread awareness about child and woman’s nutrition. The mascot has been named as ‘Tikki Mausi’ in reference to the second mother of a child. The mascot resembles a typical friendly neighbourhood aunty that has words of advice for everyone ..
Topics: Organizations • UNICEF • United Nations Development Group • United Nations Economic and Social Council
Kristalina Georgieva selected as new head of International Monetary Fund
Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva has been named as the new Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the first person from an emerging market economy to lead the IMF. Georgieva will succeed Christine Lagarde for a five-year term from October 2019.
Topics: Christine Lagarde • Georgieva • International Monetary Fund • Jeroen Dijsselbloem • Kristalina Georgieva • Nadia Calviño • Organizations • Politicians • United Nations • United Nations Development Group • United Nations Economic and Social Council