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  • I Have A Vision For UN," Says India's Dr Tharoor(U.N secretary-general Candidate)

    07/21/2006 9:59:22 AM PDT · by jome · 16 replies · 435+ views
    Malasian National News ^ | July 21, 2006 20:21 PM | By P. Vijian
    KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 (Bernama) -- With his good looks Dr Sashi Tharoor could have been a star in the Indian film industry. Instead, he choose to be a career diplomat and spent the last 28 years serving the United Nations (UN). Now he cherishes another ambition -- to lead the UN, the world's largest and vital organisation. The 50 year-old diplomat is India's official candidate for the UN secretary-general's post which falls vacant when Kofi Annan completes his second and final five-year term in December this year. The London-born United States-educated Indian, who will join three other Asian candidates...