India’s candidate Vidisha Maitra has been elected to UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions or ACABQ, with strong support of UN member states TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to UN said.
India has been a member of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions since its inception in 1946. The committee is one of the most coveted in the United Nations system as it controls the financial and budgetary purse of the UN.
ACABQ performs several functions including the examination of the budget submitted by the UN Secretary-General to the General Assembly and advising the Assembly on administrative and budgetary matters referred to it.
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), a subsidiary organ of General Assembly, consists of 16 members appointed by the Assembly in their individual capacity.
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