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NCEUS CM now Chairperson of Inter-Govt Working Group
20 Sep '07
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Dr. Arjun Sengupta, Chairman of the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector (NCEUS) under the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Inter-Governmental Working Group of the Human Rights Council on the Right to Development.
The Working Group on the Right to Development is one of the Inter-Governmental Working Groups on Human Rights and was established in 1998.
Dr. Sengupta has been associated with the issues relating to Right to Development for a long time and has been serving as the Indian expert on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty.
He is well known internationally in the field of human rights and obtained strong endorsement for his election to the Working Group from all countries in the world.
His candidature was proposed in the Human Rights Council by the Asian Group, recorded by the African Group and supported by Cuba, on behalf of NAM, Honduras on behalf of G-77 plus China and Brazil.
The Industrial countries also supported his election. The Working Group on the Right to Development holds particular importance to India as this is the only Inter-governmental mechanism in the Human Rights machinery that focuses on the issue of Development.
Dr. Sengupta was earlier Member Secretary of the Planning Commission and Economic Adviser (Secretary) to the former Prime Minister, Smt. Indira Gandhi.
The Working Group on the Right to Development is one of the Inter-Governmental Working Groups on Human Rights and was established in 1998.
Dr. Sengupta has been associated with the issues relating to Right to Development for a long time and has been serving as the Indian expert on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty.
He is well known internationally in the field of human rights and obtained strong endorsement for his election to the Working Group from all countries in the world.
His candidature was proposed in the Human Rights Council by the Asian Group, recorded by the African Group and supported by Cuba, on behalf of NAM, Honduras on behalf of G-77 plus China and Brazil.
The Industrial countries also supported his election. The Working Group on the Right to Development holds particular importance to India as this is the only Inter-governmental mechanism in the Human Rights machinery that focuses on the issue of Development.
Dr. Sengupta was earlier Member Secretary of the Planning Commission and Economic Adviser (Secretary) to the former Prime Minister, Smt. Indira Gandhi.
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