UN Accreditation To 6 Rights Groups
Source : Indian Express
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What is discussed under UN Accreditation To 6 Rights Groups ?
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India along with six others has voted against a draft resolution presented by the US that recommended six human rights groups which have been blocked for years in the United Nations’ NGO Committee be granted special consultative status at the UN Economic and Social Council.
Key Facts
What are the facts on UN Accreditation To 6 Rights Groups ?
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- At the meeting of the 54-member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations recommended 203 groups for special consultative status.
- Draft resolution, sponsored by a total of 36 countries, recommended six additional non-governmental organisations to the list proposed by the Committee.
- Adopted by 23 votes in favour with China, India, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Russia and Zimbabwe voting against and 18 abstentions.
- The Council decided to grant special consultative status to
- Diakonia
- Inimoiguste Instituut
- National Human Rights Civic Association “Belarusian Helsinki Committee”
- Non Ce Pace Senza Giustizia
- Syrian American Medical Society Foundation
- Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
- At the meeting of the 54-member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations recommended 203 groups for special consultative status.
Why Six include India voted against ?
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- Those organisations having political or, as stated by Israel’s delegate, even terrorist affiliations.
- The strategy of sending the proposal straight to the Council was criticised as an attempt to avoid the Committee.
UN Economic and Social Council
- UN Charter established ECOSOC in 1945 as one of the six main organs of the United Nations.
- It is the central platform for fostering debate and innovative thinking, forging consensus on ways forward, and coordinating efforts to achieve internationally agreed goals.
- Council is responsible for the follow-up to major UN conferences and summits.
- Major focus on sustainable development
- Economic
- Social
- Environmental
- ECOSOC offers a unique global meeting point for productive dialogues among policymakers, parliamentarians, academics, foundations, businesses, youth and 3,200+ registered non-governmental organizations.
- Each year ECOSOC it work around an annual theme of global importance to sustainable development.
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