UN committee appoints Saraswathy Menon in peace-building panel

United Nations Chief Ban Ki-moon has appointed Indian sociologist Saraswathi Menon in a peace building panel of seven members. Ms. Menon has a doctorate in sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. She was a lecturer at Madras University.

Saraswathi Menon has been the Director of,

• Policy Division of UN-Women.
• UN Development Program’s Evaluation Office.

The Panel will undertake country studies in Burundi, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Timor-Leste and will conduct a policy and institutional review of the peace-building architecture.

Knowledge is Wealth

• In United Nations, there are 193 member states and 2 observer states. 
• The UN was established in 1945 and it’s HQ is New York. 
• The Principal organs of the United Nations are, 

1. UN General Assembly
2. UN Secretariat
3. International Court of Justice
4. UN Security Council
5. UN Economic and Social Council
6. UN Trusteeship Council

• Ban-Ki-Moon is the Ninth Secretary General of UN.