India Elected to UN Economic and Social Council

Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 00:00 IST
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United Nations: India and 20 other countries have been elected to serve on the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the main UN body tasked with furthering economic and social cooperation and development worldwide. India was among 18 countries elected by UN General Assembly Monday to serve three-year terms starting January 1 next year. Three other nations came in through by-elections held as some countries were stepping down from the 54-member Council before the formal end of their terms. To join the Council, each country had to receive a two-thirds majority of Member States present and voting, regardless of whether or not they were the only candidate for a particular seat, which are allocated according to a geographical formula. While India, Indonesia, and Japan won the three seats allotted to Asia-Pacific States. Belarus claimed the only Eastern European vacancy. Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Nigeria and Libya were elected to the five African vacancies. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Brazil and Cuba were victorious, while Spain, France, Germany, Ireland and Turkey were successful in the Western European and other States category. In the three by-elections, Switzerland replaced the outgoing Norway, the Netherlands succeeded Belgium, and Bulgaria took over from Hungary.
Source: IANS
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