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India's Narinder Singh elected to
International Law Commission
Friday November 18, 2011 03:26:52 PM,
IANS
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United Nations: The UN
General Assembly has re-elected Narinder Singh of India as a
member of the International Law Commission (ILC) for a five-year
term beginning Jan 1, 2012.
The other candidates elected from the Asia-Pacific Group belong to
Japan, China, Jordan, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Qatar, and
Thailand.
Singh has been a member of the ILC since 2007 and has contributed
extensively to its work. He is currently the legal adviser and
head of the Legal & Treaties Division of the Ministry of External
Affairs, a position he has held since 2003.
He has served as coordinator of the meeting of legal advisers of
foreign offices of the UN member states since 2002.
The International Law Commission was established by the General
Assembly in November 1947 for the promotion of the progressive
development of international law and its codification.
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