India to chair UNCTAD's Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection
India, represented by Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare, will chair the Ninth Session of UNCTAD's Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 6 to 8 July 2026, the Department of Consumer Affairs said on 5 July 2026.
Summary
The Department of Consumer Affairs announced on 5 July 2026 that India will chair the Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IGE) on Consumer Protection Law and Policy, organised by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 6 to 8 July 2026. Secretary Nidhi Khare was invited by UNCTAD to chair it. The session will see the launch of the United Nations Principles for Consumer Product Safety, adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2025, and a voluntary peer review of Argentina's consumer protection law and policy. The IGE was set up under General Assembly resolution 70/186 of 22 December 2015, which revised the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection first adopted in 1985 by resolution 39/248.
Key facts
- Session
- 9th IGE on Consumer Protection Law and Policy, 6-8 July 2026
- Venue
- Palais des Nations, Geneva
- Chair
- Nidhi Khare, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs
- Highlights
- Launch of UN Principles for Consumer Product Safety; peer review of Argentina
- UNGCP
- First adopted 1985 (res. 39/248); revised 22 Dec 2015 (res. 70/186), which set up the IGE
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Who has been invited by UNCTAD to chair the Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy (6-8 July 2026)?
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Correct answer: A — Nidhi Khare
Nidhi Khare, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, was invited by UNCTAD to chair the Ninth Session.
Which country's consumer protection law and policy will undergo a voluntary peer review at the Ninth Session of UNCTAD's IGE on Consumer Protection?
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Correct answer: C — Argentina
The session includes a voluntary peer review of Argentina's consumer protection law and policy.
The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection, under which UNCTAD's IGE on Consumer Protection works, were first adopted by the UN General Assembly in which year?
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Correct answer: D — 1985
The Guidelines were first adopted by General Assembly resolution 39/248 in 1985, expanded by ECOSOC in 1999 and revised by resolution 70/186 on 22 December 2015.