United Nations, Nov 18: India has been reelected to the UNESCO Executive Board, one of the three constitutional organs of the United Nations, for the 2021-25 term.
The election of members of the executive board took place on Wednesday.
“India gets reelected to the Executive Board of UNESCO with 164 votes for the term 2021-25,” the Paris-based Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) said in a tweet.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar took to Twitter on Thursday to applaud the “good work” of the MEA and the Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO.
“Good work #TeamMEA and @IndiaatUNESCO,” he said in a tweet. Reacting to India’s election, Minister of State for Culture and External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi thanked countries for supporting India’s candidature. (PTI)
