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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the first Indian to be elected as the Chairperson of the United Nations Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council?
A
Ajai Malhotra
B
Preeti Sinha
C
Nazhat Shameem
D
Roshan Singh Kalra
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ajai Malhotra is a former Indian career diplomat who served as Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation. He is the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ajai Malhotra has become the first Indian to be elected as Chairperson of the Advistory Committee of the Human Rights Council (HRC), ANI reported on February 15.

Detailed explanation-3: -Václav Bálek, President of the 17th cycle (2023) Ambassador Václav Bálek has been the Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva since August 2021. On 9 December 2022, Mr. Bálek was elected president of the Human Rights Council for 2023.

Detailed explanation-4: -Established in 2007, the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee is composed of 18 experts and serves as the think-tank of the Council. The Human Rights Council is the UN’s inter-governmental mechanism tasked with the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe.

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