Why Shashi Tharoor as UN Secretary-General?
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 managing budgets and human resources in a charged political environment; • committed to democratic values and traditions and a passionate human-rights advocate who has nonetheless retained credibility across the membership of the Organization as a reliable and fair-minded team player and “safe pair of hands”; • a “son of the South” who enjoys good relations with the G-77 countries and the trust and confidence of delegations from the developed world; • a bilingual professional who works in both the UN Secretariat’s working languages, English and French; • a thinker and writer who brings unusual intellectual heft to the job; • a
