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Preeti Saran elected to UN’s socio-economic, cultural panel
December 8 , 2018
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- Former senior Indian diplomat Preeti Saran has been elected to the Asia Pacific seat on the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) of the UN for 4 years.
- This election to the 18-member committee of experts was done by the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
- CESCR was set up in 1985 by the ECOSOC.
- CESCR monitors the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
- The CECSR meets in Geneva for four weeks every year.
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