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SHASHI
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UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com,
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30 June 2006- Shashi
Tharoor, a MaximsNews
Columnist and the
current UN
Undersecretary for
Communications, was
officially nominated by
the Indian government
last week as its
candidate for the post
of United Nations
Secretary-General.
Shashi
Tharoor is
Under-Secretary-General
for Communications and
Public Information and
has led the Department
of Public Information
(DPI) since January
2001. In this capacity,
he is in charge of the
Organization's
communications strategy,
with particular
responsibility for
ensuring the coherence
and effectiveness of the
United Nations' external
message.
Prior
to joining DPI, Mr.
Tharoor served as
Director of
Communications and
Special Projects in the
Office of the
Secretary-General and as
Executive Assistant to
the Secretary-General
(1997-2001). As Special
Assistant to the
Under-Secretary-General
for Peacekeeping
Operations (1989-1996),
he assisted two
successive heads of
United Nations
peacekeeping operations
in managing the
challenges of
unprecedented growth and
evolution in
peacekeeping at the end
of the cold war. From
1991 to 1996, he led the
team in the Department
of Peacekeeping
Operations responsible
for the United Nations
peacekeeping operations
in the former
Yugoslavia. In 2003, the
Secretary-General
appointed him United
Nations Coordinator for
Multilingualism.
Mr.
Tharoor's United Nations
career began in 1978 on
the staff of the United
Nations High
Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) in
Geneva. He was Head of
the UNHCR office in
Singapore (1981-1984)
during the peak of the
Vietnamese "boat
people" crisis.
Mr.
Tharoor is also the
author of eight books,
as well as numerous
articles, op-eds and
literary reviews in a
wide range of
publications. He is also
the recipient of several
journalism and literary
awards, including a
Commonwealth Writers'
Prize.
In
January 1998, Mr.
Tharoor was named by the
World Economic Forum in
Davos, Switzerland, as a
"Global Leader of
Tomorrow". Mr.
Tharoor is an elected
Fellow of the New York
Institute of the
Humanities and a member
of the Advisory Board of
the Indo-American Arts
Council.
Born
in London in 1956, Mr.
Tharoor was educated in
India and the United
States, completing a
Ph.D in 1978 at the
Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy at Tufts
University, where he
also earned two Master's
degrees. He was awarded
the honorary degree of
Doctor of Letters in
International Affairs by
the University of Puget
Sound, United States.
Shashi
Tharoor is a national of
India. He is the father
of twin sons.
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