JAGJIT PAVADIA RE-ELECTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOAR

• Ms Jagjit Pavadia of India has been re-elected to the International Narcotics Board (INCB) for a third term. She secured the highest number of votes amongst the contestants.
• Jagjit Pavadia was re-elected for a third five-year term starting from March 2025- 2030. She was first elected to the International Narcotics Control Board in 2015. Pavadia was again re-elected for a five-year term from 2020 to 2025.

INDIA ELECTED TO VARIOUS UN BODIES:

• Commission on the Status of Women (2025-2029);
• The United Nations Population Fund and
• The United Nations Office for Project Services (2025-2027)
• Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (2025-2027);
• Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme,
• Executive Board of the World Food Programme (2025-2027),
• Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality,
• Empowerment of Women (2025-2027).

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD

• The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) was set up in 1968 by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961.
• INCB has 13 members elected by the Economic and Social Council for a period of five years. Ten members are elected from a list of government nominees. The other three members are experts in medical, pharmacological, or pharmaceutical experience from a list nominated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
• Headquarters: Vienna, Austria