India continued its winning streak in elections to key UN bodies, getting elected on Wednesday to crucial UN organisations, including the International Narcotics Control Board. India’s candidate Jagjit Pavadia won the closely-contested election to the International Narcotics Control Board for the 2015-2020 term.
Pavadia, who got 34 votes, was the first woman to be appointed Narcotics Commissioner of India. A total of 15 candidates were in the fray for just five seats. India was also elected, by acclamation, to the Executive Board of the UN Development Programme for the term 2015-2017, Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations for the term 2015-2018 and Commission of Science and Technology for Development for the term 2015-2018.
India’s candidate Chandrashekhar Dasgupta got re-elected to Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for the term 2015-2017. The various elections were held to fill vacancies in subsidiary bodies of the 54-member UN Economic and Social Council. Pavadia is a highly regarded law enforcement officer, who will be able to contribute significantly to the rule of law based activity of the International Narcotics Control Board, the Indian mission here said.