Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor is an under-secretary-general of the United Nations. He has written nine books, most recently Bookless in Baghdad: And Other Writings about Reading. His website is here.

A United Nations for a fairer, safer world

For a United Nations official to discuss reform of the international system is rather like an Englishman talking about the weather: it is a staple of daily conversation, but it

By Shashi Tharoor

/ 14 Sep 2005