New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora today assumed Chairmanship of Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB) for the term 2019-21 as India takes over the Chair from Romania.
India was unanimously nominated to be the Vice-Chair of AWEB at the last General Assembly held at Bucharest in 2017.
The AWEB Flag was handed over to the new Chairman Sunil Arora by the Representative of Outgoing Chair, Ion Mincu Radulescu, Advisor, Permanent Election Authority Romania.
The Flag will remain with Election Commission of India for the two year term till 2021.
More than 110 delegates from 45 countries attended the meeting.