CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. In a significant victory for India at the United Nations, Indian diplomat Vidisha Maitra was elected to the U.N. Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) is a subsidiary of the General Assembly responsible for “expert examination of the programme budget of the United Nations” and assists the Fifth Committee. ACABQ website. Established by General Assembly resolution 14 (I) of 13 February 1946.

Detailed explanation-3: -About the Committee Established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 60/248, the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) is a subsidiary body of the General Assembly that serves in an expert advisory capacity and assists the Assembly in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, or ACABQ, is a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly, and consists of 16 members appointed by the Assembly in their individual capacity.

Detailed explanation-5: -Vidisha Maitra currently posted as First Secretary in Permanent Mission of India to the UN in New York. Now she secured only post in the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions from the Asia Pacific Group.