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SHASHI THAROOR:
''TO SUCCEED, THE UN MUST BE A RECOURSE FOR ALL, NOT THE INSTRUMENT OF A FEW''
IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE
SEPTEMBER 2006 (IPS) - NEW YORK - Shashi Tharoor is UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information and has held that position since January 2001. Regarding reform of the organisation, Tharoor argues that is is necessary ''not because the UN has failed, but because it has succeeded enough over the years to be worth investing in.'' A national of India, Tharoor is the award-winning author of nine books and numerous articles and op-eds in a wide range of publications. His books and essays include, Reasons of State, and India From Midnight to the Millennium. Born in London in 1956, Tharoor was educated in India and the United States, completing a PhD in 1978 at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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