UNDESA - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   Population Division of the UNDESA released a dataset on trends in international migrant stock. What does UNDESA stand for?

a. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
b. United Nations Department of Engineering and Social Affairs
c. United Nations Department of Ecology and Social Affairs
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Explanation:
Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/UNDESA on 12th January 2016 released the dataset titled Trends in International Migrant Stock: The Stock Revision. Compilation was released at the UNDESA HQ in NY, the USA. Dataset analysed trends in migration flows across the world even as the country and region wise between 2000 and 2015. India has the largest diaspora in the world in 2015 as 16 million people from India were living in the external parts of the country.