Comments on: The next U.N. Sec Gen??

By: Rameez

Rameez — Sat, 06 May 2006 13:01:53 +0000

Thanks, Tony. There’s a terrific piece about Shashi Tharoor’s views about the role of the Secretary-General on the UNSG website today. Makes me proud to be an Indian. Check it out!

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:01:50 +0000

You can keep up with all the developments, news and rumors on the Secretary General race at UNSG.org. Leave your thoughts about Shashi Tharoor, a woman candidate or on whether it is Asia's "turn."

By: Amir

Amir — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:28:41 +0000

With all the trouble Kofi annan is in, I wonder if Shashi Tharoor will want the job. But from what I’ve seen and read of the guy, he would easily be the most impressive Secretary-General the UN has ever had. I think the world body could use someone with his brains and eloquence.

By: menon

menon — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 23:52:46 +0000

Ms: you bet he’s a mallu. Read “India: From Midnight to the Millennium” for the whole story. And dumonde: I’d rather have an Indian man than another European or whatever, woman or not.

By: dumonde

dumonde — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:57:19 +0000

I think the next SG has be a woman or the UN will loose the last of its credibility.

By: ms

ms — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 06:38:41 +0000

Just curious: is Tharoor a mallu?

By: raghavan

raghavan — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:46:38 +0000

right on, Kirti! I absolutely agree about Shashi Tharoor. And the prospects for that permanent seat don’t look so good these days, so why not try for an Indian Secretary-GeneraL? And who better than Shashi Tharoor? if you’ve seen him on TV he could really do the UN a lot of good in American public opinion.

By: kirti

kirti — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 08:59:43 +0000

Ithink it would be great if Shashi Tharoor became Secretary-General, but we have to realize that articles like the one in the Sun are being out about by his enemies to bring him down. That permanent seat looks pretty unlikely, and having an Indian in the top job would be far better. By the way, though this has nothing to do with it, I grew up in India myself, and I can’t think of another writer who better expresses the views of Indians like myself on our politics and society. It would be a real triumph for all thinking Indians to have him there.

By: Prashant P Kothari

Prashant P Kothari — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 10:02:45 +0000

Like many others who grew up in India, I’m somewhat tepid about Shashi Tharoor (see this http://www.stringinfo.com/pkblog/archives/002556.html)

By: gc

gc — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 02:28:19 +0000

given the UN's track record, I'd suggest nomination someone in the Kurt Waldheim mould (ex-Nazi, ex-UN sec general)...

the candidates that best reflect the spirit of the UN:

saddam hussein (hey, he's free)
moammar qaddafi (libya chaired UN human rights commission)
rafsanjani (the nuke israel guy)
yasser arafat (won a nobel peace prize, just like KOFI!)

all of these guys are good candidates for secretary general because they embody what the UN represents: a gang of unelected thugs and dictators.

for liberals who will object, answer this: out of the 170+ countries in the UN, how many are democracies? and how many are thugocracies?

case rested...

and of course, if the above 4 meet some static for not being anti-American enough...

osama bin laden (anti-American, anti-Imperialist...what's not to like? after all, "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" according to the UN & Kofi & crew)