NGO official feted for road safety work

Ravee Singh Ahluwalia, chief functionary of the Patiala Foundation, was awarded for his work in road safety by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in New Delhi. The National Road Safety Month was inaugurated today at the Vigyan Bhawan.

Ahluwalia received appreciation for designing innovative ‘Children Challan Book’ for schoolchildren. The Patiala Foundation has been accorded the ‘special consultative status’ by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. 

UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

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The UN Charter established ECOSOC in 1945 as one of the six main organs of the United Nations.

It is the principal body for coordination, policy review, policy dialogue and recommendations on economic, social and environmental issues, as well as implementation of internationally agreed development goals.

It has 54 Members, elected by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. India is the member of ECOSOC (From 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2020)

It coordinates the work of the 14 UN specialized agencies, ten functional commissions and five regional commissions, receives reports from nine UN funds and programmes and issues policy recommendations to the UN system and to Member States.