India joins UN Economic and Social Council for 2022-24 term: All you need to know

India was elected in the Asia-Pacific States category along with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Oman in the elections held on Monday.

India is as of now serving the 2021-22 term as a non-perpetual individual from the incredible UN Security Council and will expect the Presidency of the 15-country UN organ in August.(AP Photo) 

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India joins UN Economic and Social Council for 2022-24 term: All you need to know 

India was chosen in the Asia-Pacific States class alongside Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Oman in the decisions hung on Monday. 

India was on Tuesday chosen for the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the six fundamental organs of the United Nations, for the 2022-24 term. Indian Ambassador to United Nations TS Tirumurti expressed gratitude toward all UN part states for their 'demonstration of positive support in India' soon after the nation made it to the gathering.

"I thank all Member States of the @UN for their vote of confidence in India for #ECOSOC," Tirumurti tweeted. India was elected in the Asia-Pacific States category alongside Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Oman in the elections held on Monday.

The outcomes were declared by President of the General Assembly Volkan Bozkir in the wake of casting a ballot by secret polling form in the get together. 

Here is all you need to know: 

At the core of the United Nations framework, the 54-part ECOSOC propels the three components of manageable turn of events - financial, social and natural. 

The gathering is a focal stage for cultivating banter and creative reasoning, fashioning agreement on ways forward, and organizing endeavors to accomplish globally concurred objectives. 

Liable for following-up to significant UN gatherings and culminations, the 54 individuals from the chamber are chosen every year by the General Assembly for covering three-year terms. 

Among the African states, Côte d'Ivoire, Eswatini, Mauritius, Tunisia and the United Republic of Tanzania were chosen. 

From the eastern European states, Croatia and the Czech Republic and from the Latin American and Caribbean states, Belize, Chile and Peru were chosen. 

In the Economic and Social Council by-political decision, Greece, New Zealand and Denmark were chosen for a term of office from January to December 2022 and Israel was chosen for a term of office starting January 1, 2022 and until December 31, 2023. 

India is at present serving the 2021-22 term as a non-lasting individual from the amazing UN Security Council and will accept the Presidency of the 15-country UN organ in August. 

The UN Charter set up ECOSOC in 1945 as one of the six fundamental organs of the United Nations. 

Seats on the Council are apportioned dependent on geological portrayal with 14 designated 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 different states, as indicated by the ECOSOC site.