{"id":115214,"date":"2021-06-14T12:40:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T12:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=115214"},"modified":"2021-06-14T12:40:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T12:40:54","slug":"rebeca-grynspan-appointed-as-unctads-secretary-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/rebeca-grynspan-appointed-as-unctads-secretary-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebeca Grynspan appointed as UNCTAD\u2019s secretary-general"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question-Who is appointed as the first women Secretary-general of UNCTAD?<\/strong><br>(a) Rebeca Grynspan<br>(b) Isabelle Durant<br>(c) Mukhisa Kituyi<br>(d) Marina Linchen<br><strong>Ans. (a)<br>Related Facts-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica will be the new head of UNCTAD, the United Nations trade and development body.<\/li><li>Her nomination to the post by UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres was approved on 11 June by the UN General Assembly.<\/li><li>Ms. Grynspan, the first woman and Central American to be appointed as UNCTAD\u2019s secretary-general, is an economist and current Ibero-American secretary-general.<\/li><li>Ms. Grynspan has had a career spanning many years and has held several high-level positions including, among others, former under secretary-general of the UN and associate administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About UNCTAD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>UNCTAD is the part of the United Nations Secretariat dealing with trade, investment, and development issues.<\/li><li>The organization&#8217;s goals are to: &#8220;maximize the trade, investment and development opportunities of developing countries and assist them in their efforts to integrate into the world economy on an equitable basis&#8221;.<\/li><li>UNCTAD was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1964 and it reports to the UN General Assembly and United Nations Economic and Social Council.<\/li><li>UNCTAD has 195 member states and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By- Yogesh Pratap Singh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reference- <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/unctad.org\/news\/rebeca-grynspan-appointed-unctads-secretary-general.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/unctad.org\/news\/rebeca-grynspan-appointed-unctads-secretary-general.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question-Who is appointed as the first women Secretary-general of UNCTAD?(a) Rebeca Grynspan(b) Isabelle Durant(c) Mukhisa Kituyi(d) Marina LinchenAns. (a)Related Facts- Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica will be the new head of UNCTAD, the United Nations trade and development body. 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