Member of Parliament
for Thiruvananthapuram
India has decided to nominate a career UN diplomat, Shashi Tharoor, for the post of UN secretary-general.
The Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi says that Indian missions abroad have begun seeking support from member nations to back Mr Tharoor's candidacy.
Mr Tharoor is currently the under secretary-general for communications and public
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The United Nations is on course to select its next Secretary-General in October. The process gained steam this week with an informal straw poll in the Security Council.
The details of the "blind" straw poll reveal very little about how much support each of the current candidates really have. Instead, it
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By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
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Listening to the post-Lebanon-war debate in Israel leaves me wanting to say just one thing to Israelis: Get a grip on.
Israel is behaving like it lost
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The competition for the post of U.N. secretary-general has boiled down to South Korea vs. India.
In a straw poll held recently among the 15 Security Council members, the result produced two leading candidates, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon and Shashi Tharoor, the present U.N. under-secretary, from India.
In
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Shashi Tharoor, United Nations under-secretary general on Friday said despite its failures at times, an effective world body is an indispensable global institution at this time of globalisation.
Speaking on 'The Future of the United Nations' at the Asia Society in New York on Friday, Tharoor, who is running for the
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[The following text was the basis for remarks delivered by Shashi Tharoor, candidate for UN Secretary-General, at meetings of the five Regional Groups of the United Nations. While there were linguistic variations – different portions were delivered in French at the meetings with the African Group and with the Western
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The website www.UNSGselection.org forwarded a questionnaire to all candidates with the following note:
The following questions are intended to elicit information on your qualifications, vision, and priority goals as a Secretary-General candidate. In formulating this questionnaire, we have given consideration to areas of particular concern to global civil society groups. The
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Publications
Mr. Tharoor is the award-winning author of nine books, as well as numerous articles and op-eds in a wide range of publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the International Herald Tribune and Newsweek. His books and essays include:
Reasons of State, a highly-praised study
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At Present:
A man who has straddled many spheres, Dr. Shashi Tharoor is currently the Minister of Parliament from the constituency of Thiruvananthapuram and also the Minister of State for External Affairs in the Government of India.
The Beginning:
The son of proud parents Chandran and Lily Tharoor, Shashi was born
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Shashi Tharoor is currently United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information and has led the Department of Public Information since January 2001. In this capacity, he has directed the reform of one of the larger Departments in the Secretariat, with some 750 staff and field offices in 63 countries
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In short, Shashi Tharoor is:
a visionary leader who has shown the ability to inspire staff and achieve reform;
an experienced hands-on manager with a proven track record of delivering results;
a professional with a unique background spanning refugee, humanitarian, peace-keeping and political endeavors, as well as first-hand experience of the complexities of
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Sept. 4, 2006 issue - The United Nations is a 20th-century organization facing a 21st-century challenge�an institution with impressive achievements but also haunting failures, one that mirrors not just the world's hopes but its inequalities and disagreements, and most important, one that has changed but needs to change further.
This is
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“THE FUTURE OF THE UN”
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[The following text was the basis for remarks delivered by Shashi Tharoor, candidate for UN Secretary-General, at meetings of the five Regional Groups of the United Nations. While there were linguistic variations –
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2 October 2006
THAROOR: Good afternoon, everyone. I've just written to Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon to express my warmest congratulations on the outcome of today's poll in the Security Council. It is clear that he will be our next secretary general.
It's a great honor and
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The website www.UNSGselection.org forwarded a questionnaire to all candidates with the following note:
The following questions are intended to elicit information on your qualifications, vision, and priority goals as a Secretary-General candidate. In formulating this questionnaire, we have given consideration to areas of particular concern to global civil society groups. The
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Following the results of the first straw poll in the Security Council that showed Shashi Tharoor, with 10 votes, come a close second to South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon (with 12), the Indian candidate issued the following statement:
"Considering I've entered the
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Ministry of External Affairs, India: Announcement of the candidature of Mr. Shashi Tharoor for UN Secretary General
June 15, 2006
Official Spokesperson: Good Evening. I have a number of issues from my side to talk about. First, an announcement…
India strongly supports the principle of regional
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Article in Newsweek:
The United Nations is a 20th-century organization facing a 21st-century challenge—an institution with impressive achievements but also haunting failures, one that mirrors not just the world's hopes but its inequalities and disagreements, and most important, one that has changed but needs to change further.
This is the
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n the next few weeks, a new secretary general of the United Nations will be chosen by the security council. In a world racked by violent divisions surpassing anything witnessed since the organisation was created "to end the scourge of war," the secretary general can play a much more important
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The suspense is over and it is official. India has decided to campaign for its very own Shashi Tharoor as Kofi Annan's successor at the United Nations. India has informed other members of UN through diplomatic channels of Tharoor's candidature and requested support
"It's a matter of pride if a son
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NEW YORK - When India ran against Japan for a non-permanent seat on the 15-member United Nations Security Council back in October 1996, it suffered a humiliating defeat. The vote was a whopping 142 for Japan and a measly 40 for India in a General Assembly of 191 member states.
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"One day, there will be a post- UN life, and then I hope to find the time to explore these ideas on paper!" Shashi Tharoor once said. But that day may become more distant if he could succeed Kofi Annan as United Nations secretary general later this year.
India Thursday officially
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Soon after India announced its decision to nominate him for the post of United Nations Secretary General, Shashi Tharoor today said he was "deeply honoured" by New Delhi's move.
Tharoor, who is currently the UN Undersecretary General for Communications and Public Information, said that he believed a well-functioning UN
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Sarna said India has already approached other UN member countries through diplomatic channels to seek support for Tharoor's candidature.
India is hopeful of getting the support, given Tharoor's "internationally acclaimed stature" and the fact that under the principle of regional rotation the next UN secretary general should be from Asia,
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Word that India is going to nominate one of its nationals to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations signals a willingness by the world's biggest democracy to take a more activist role in multilateral politics. Its choice of Shashi Tharoor, which was scheduled to be announced overnight, suggests
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For the first time ever, India has decided to take a shot at one of the highest echelons of international diplomacy, the office of the United Nations secretary-general, by formally deciding to nominate UN under-secretary general Shashi Tharoor for the post.
“India has decided to announce the candidature of Mr Shashi
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