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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Who has become the first Asian and first Indian to be appointed as the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism?

A	Nirupama Rao
B	Sujata Singh
C	Ashwini K.P.
D	Chokila

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Ms. Ashwini K.P. is the sixth Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. She was appointed by the Human Rights Council in October 2022 and took up her functions as Special Rapporteur on 1 November 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mary Lawlor is the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders since 1 May 2020.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ajai Malhotra became the first Indian to be elected as the Chairperson of the United Nations Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council.

Detailed explanation-4: -It meets at the UN Office at Geneva. The Council is made up of 47 United Nations Member States which are elected by the UN General Assembly.

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