India elected to UN Economic and Social Council for 2022-24 term
United Nations: India has been elected to the Economic and Social Council, one of the six main organs of the United Nations, for the 2022-24 term.
The 54-member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is at the heart of the United Nations system to advance the three dimensions of sustainable development economic, social and environmental.
It is the central platform for fostering debate and innovative thinking, forging consensus on ways forward, and coordinating efforts to achieve internationally agreed goals.
It is also responsible for the follow-up to major UN conferences and summits. India was elected in the Asia-Pacific States category along with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Oman in the elections held on Monday.
From the African states, C te d'Ivoire, Eswatini, Mauritius, Tunisia and the United Republic of Tanzania were elected while from the eastern European states, Croatia and the Czech Republic and from the Latin American and Caribbean states, Belize, Chile and Peru were elected.
In the Economic and Social Council by-election, Greece, New Zealand and Denmark were elected for a term of office from January to December 2022 and Israel was elected for a term of office beginning January 1, 2022 and until December 31, 2023.
I thank all Member States of the @UN for their vote of confidence in India for #ECOSOC, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti tweeted.
India is currently serving the 2021-22 term as a non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Council and will assume the Presidency of the 15-nation UN organ in August.
The UN Charter established ECOSOC in 1945 as one of the six main organs of the United Nations.
ECOSOC's 54 members are elected for three-year terms by the General Assembly. Seats on the Council are allotted based on geographical representation with 14 allocated to African states, 11 to Asian states, six to eastern European states, 10 to Latin American and Caribbean states and 13 to western European and other states, according to the ECOSOC website.
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Four members of a family killed as autorickshaw collides head-on with truck
Ranchi (PTI): Four members of a family were killed and a woman was severely injured in a head-on collision between an autorickshaw and a truck in Ranchi, police said on Thursday.
The accident occurred at Chamghati on the Ranchi–Purulia Road, under the jurisdiction of Angara police station, on Wednesday night.
"Four members of a family, including two women, were killed in the incident. One woman sustained serious injuries and has been admitted to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi for treatment," Angara police station in-charge Hiralal Sah told PTI.
According to police, the autorickshaw was en route to Ranchi when it collided head-on with a truck travelling towards Muri.
Preliminary investigations revealed the truck driver lost control of the vehicle, leading to the fatal collision. The impact caused the truck to overturn, however, the driver fled the scene, police said.
Police said the victims were identified as Seikh Gayasuddin, who was driving the auto-rickshaw, his mother Ayesha Khatun, his wife Joraddin, and his son Seikh Aman.
The family resided in Kantatoli area of Ranchi. The bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem. The police said further investigation is underway.
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