India re-elected to UN Human Rights Council for new three year term from 2022-2024
- India has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a sixth term on October 14, 2021 with overwhelming majority..
- The new three year term of India will be effective from January 2022 to December 2024.
- India received 184 votes of the 193 votes cast in the election.
- The elections were held for a total of 18 seats and countries needed a minimum of 97 votes to get elected to the 47 UN member council.
- The headquarters of the UNHRC is in Geneva, Switzerland.