Bharat’s Uma Sekhar was elected to the
governing council of the Rome-based International Institute for the Unification
of Private Law (UNIDROIT) in an election that saw 32 contestants in the fray
including from US, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and France.
The UNIDROIT is an independent
intergovernmental organisation dealing with various legal issues including
studying needs and methods for modernising commercial and private laws.
The government sources described victory
of the Indian woman candidate as “historic”.
“In a historic victory for India’s first
woman candidate, Uma Sekhar was elected to the Governing Council of the
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) with an
impressive 45 votes out of 59 votes in the first round at the elections held in
Rome,” said a source.
Twenty-one votes were required to be
elected to the Governing Council, sources said, adding Bharat will be a member
of the body for the period 2024-28.
The Governing Council consists of 25
positions which are held by distinguished legal experts, they said.
“In today’s election there were 32
contestants in the fray including from US, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, France,
etc,” said the source cited above.
“The candidates from Russia, US and
China failed to win positions on the Governing Council,” stated the source.
AFP
