- Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as ambassador and India’s permanent representative to United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
 
 	- He will replace Amandeep Gill.
 
UN Conference on Disarmament (CD)
 	- UN Conference on Disarmament (CD) is not formally United Nations (UN) organization.
 
 	- It is linked to UN through personal representative of UN Secretary-General.
 
 	- It is multilateral forum established in 1979 by international community to negotiate multilateral arms control and disarmament agreements.
 
 	- It is headquartered in Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.