<p>UN General Assembly re-elected India's Narinder Singh as a member of the Commission.<br /><br />A member of the ILC since 2007, Singh is currently legal adviser and Head of the Legal and Treaties Division of Ministry of External Affairs.<br /><br />He has served as coordinator of the meeting of legal advisers of foreign offices of the UN member states since 2002.<br /><br />Over the past two decades, Singh has represented India in a number of key conferences on international law and has been a regular participant in the work of the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly that deals with legal affairs.<br /><br />ILC consists of 34 members who must be experts on international law. They are elected by the General Assembly from a list of candidates nominated by governments of member states in the UN.<br /><br />The other candidates elected from the Asia-Pacific Group come from Japan, China, Jordan, Korea, Indonesia, Qatar and Thailand.<br /><br />The Commission was established by the General Assembly in 1948 for the "promotion of the progressive development of international law and its codification."</p>
<p>UN General Assembly re-elected India's Narinder Singh as a member of the Commission.<br /><br />A member of the ILC since 2007, Singh is currently legal adviser and Head of the Legal and Treaties Division of Ministry of External Affairs.<br /><br />He has served as coordinator of the meeting of legal advisers of foreign offices of the UN member states since 2002.<br /><br />Over the past two decades, Singh has represented India in a number of key conferences on international law and has been a regular participant in the work of the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly that deals with legal affairs.<br /><br />ILC consists of 34 members who must be experts on international law. They are elected by the General Assembly from a list of candidates nominated by governments of member states in the UN.<br /><br />The other candidates elected from the Asia-Pacific Group come from Japan, China, Jordan, Korea, Indonesia, Qatar and Thailand.<br /><br />The Commission was established by the General Assembly in 1948 for the "promotion of the progressive development of international law and its codification."</p>