A top Indian diplomat will be re-appointed to the only independent external oversight body of the United Nations system following his endorsement as the sole candidate of the Asia-Pacific Group. 
●    Ambassador A Gopinathan is to be re-appointed to the Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations by the General Assembly.
●    He will serve from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022.
●    Gopinathan was first appointed to the UN body for a term from January 2013 to December 2017. 
●    At that election, he had secured 106 votes out of 183 votes and had defeated Ambassador Zhang Yan of China, India’s Permanent Mission to the UN said in a statement.
●    He is currently serving as Chairman of the Joint Inspection Unit.
●    India also won elections to key UN organs during the past few days. 
●    The Investments Committee appointed eight members to serve three-year terms of office, beginning January 2017.

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