Shashi Tharoor For UN Secretary General

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<b>The move by the Governement of India to field its own candidate for the post of UN Secretary General is a positive development. Even if the Indian candidate is unsuccessful, it would give our policy makers a clear assesment of how much support and respect India commands in real terms.We have been spending considerable amount of money for the economic and human resource development of many countries in Africa and Asia with the hope that they will one day support India in the International forums.In addition, there are many other countires in the developed world who are quite eager to be seen in the good books of India for a variety of reasons.We will come to know to what extent these countires are really serious in fostering close relationship with India.</b>