Security Council Seat: Shashi Tharoors Pointed Reminder On Ukraine Crisis

New Delhi: Former Union Minister and career diplomat Shashi Tharoor today suggested that India should be a "little more outspoken" at the United Nations "as we have been on the Bucha tragedy". While the country has a "duty" to look to its own interests, on balance is a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, to which New Delhi has been aspiring for long, he pointed out. "We mustn't be a state whose silence is taken for granted... I think we should be a state whose good opinion people are anxious to have. And they will only be anxious to have it if there is fear that once in a while, we will call them out when they're falling short of standards," he told NDTV in an exclusive interview this evening. "Don't forget, we're a country that has been clamouring for a seat, a permanent seat on the Security Council. Clearly, if we are not cooperative, stand on any issue, the world can turn round," he added. Yesterday, in its strongest statement so far on the Ukraine crisis, India condemned the civilian killings in Ukraine's Bucha and supported the call for an independent investigation at the UN Security Council. "The recent reports of civilian killings in Bucha are deeply disturbing. We unequivocally condemn these killings and support call for an independent investigation," India's envoy to the United Nations TS Tirumurti had said.

New Delhi: Former Union Minister and career diplomat Shashi Tharoor today suggested that India should be a "little more outspoken" at the United Nations "as we have been on the Bucha tragedy". While the country has a "duty" to look to its own interests, on balance is a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, to which New Delhi has been aspiring for long, he pointed out. "We mustn't be a state whose silence is taken for granted... I think we should be a state whose good opinion people are anxious to have. And they will only be anxious to have it if there is fear that once in a while, we will call them out when they're falling short of standards," he told NDTV in an exclusive interview this evening. "Don't forget, we're a country that has been clamouring for a seat, a permanent seat on the Security Council. Clearly, if we are not cooperative, stand on any issue, the world can turn round," he added. Yesterday, in its strongest statement so far on the Ukraine crisis, India condemned the civilian killings in Ukraine's Bucha and supported the call for an independent investigation at the UN Security Council. "The recent reports of civilian killings in Bucha are deeply disturbing. We unequivocally condemn these killings and support call for an independent investigation," India's envoy to the United Nations TS Tirumurti had said.New Delhi: Former Union Minister and career diplomat Shashi Tharoor today suggested that India should be a "little more outspoken" at the United Nations "as we have been on the Bucha tragedy". While the country has a "duty" to look to its own interests, on balance is a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, to which New Delhi has been aspiring for long, he pointed out. "We mustn't be a state whose silence is taken for granted... I think we should be a state whose good opinion people are anxious to have. And they will only be anxious to have it if there is fear that once in a while, we will call them out when they're falling short of standards," he told NDTV in an exclusive interview this evening. "Don't forget, we're a country that has been clamouring for a seat, a permanent seat on the Security Council. Clearly, if we are not cooperative, stand on any issue, the world can turn round," he added. Yesterday, in its strongest statement so far on the Ukraine crisis, India condemned the civilian killings in Ukraine's Bucha and supported the call for an independent investigation at the UN Security Council. "The recent reports of civilian killings in Bucha are deeply disturbing. We unequivocally condemn these killings and support call for an independent investigation," India's envoy to the United Nations TS Tirumurti had said.New Delhi: Former Union Minister and career diplomat Shashi Tharoor today suggested that India should be a "little more outspoken" at the United Nations "as we have been on the Bucha tragedy". While the country has a "duty" to look to its own interests, on balance is a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, to which New Delhi has been aspiring for long, he pointed out. "We mustn't be a state whose silence is taken for granted... I think we should be a state whose good opinion people are anxious to have. And they will only be anxious to have it if there is fear that once in a while, we will call them out when they're falling short of standards," he told NDTV in an exclusive interview this evening. "Don't forget, we're a country that has been clamouring for a seat, a permanent seat on the Security Council. Clearly, if we are not cooperative, stand on any issue, the world can turn round," he added. Yesterday, in its strongest statement so far on the Ukraine crisis, India condemned the civilian killings in Ukraine's Bucha and supported the call for an independent investigation at the UN Security Council. "The recent reports of civilian killings in Bucha are deeply disturbing. We unequivocally condemn these killings and support call for an independent investigation," India's envoy to the United Nations TS Tirumurti had said.New Delhi: Former Union Minister and career diplomat Shashi Tharoor today suggested that India should be a "little more outspoken" at the United Nations "as we have been on the Bucha tragedy". While the country has a "duty" to look to its own interests, on balance is a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, to which New Delhi has been aspiring for long, he pointed out. "We mustn't be a state whose silence is taken for granted... I think we should be a state whose good opinion people are anxious to have. And they will only be anxious to have it if there is fear that once in a while, we will call them out when they're falling short of standards," he told NDTV in an exclusive interview this evening. "Don't forget, we're a country that has been clamouring for a seat, a permanent seat on the Security Council. Clearly, if we are not cooperative, stand on any issue, the world can turn round," he added. Yesterday, in its strongest statement so far on the Ukraine crisis, India condemned the civilian killings in Ukraine's Bucha and supported the call for an independent investigation at the UN Security Council. "The recent reports of civilian killings in Bucha are deeply disturbing. We unequivocally condemn these killings and support call for an independent investigation," India's envoy to the United Nations TS Tirumurti had said.New Delhi: Former Union Minister and career diplomat Shashi Tharoor today suggested that India should be a "little more outspoken" at the United Nations "as we have been on the Bucha tragedy". While the country has a "duty" to look to its own interests, on balance is a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, to which New Delhi has been aspiring for long, he pointed out. "We mustn't be a state whose silence is taken for granted... I think we should be a state whose good opinion people are anxious to have. And they will only be anxious to have it if there is fear that once in a while, we will call them out when they're falling short of standards," he told NDTV in an exclusive interview this evening. "Don't forget, we're a country that has been clamouring for a seat, a permanent seat on the Security Council. Clearly, if we are not cooperative, stand on any issue, the world can turn round," he added. Yesterday, in its strongest statement so far on the Ukraine crisis, India condemned the civilian killings in Ukraine's Bucha and supported the call for an independent investigation at the UN Security Council. "The recent reports of civilian killings in Bucha are deeply disturbing. We unequivocally condemn these killings and support call for an independent investigation," India's envoy to the United Nations TS Tirumurti had said.New Delhi: Former Union Minister and career diplomat Shashi Tharoor today suggested that India should be a "little more outspoken" at the United Nations "as we have been on the Bucha tragedy". While the country has a "duty" to look to its own interests, on balance is a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, to which New Delhi has been aspiring for long, he pointed out. "We mustn't be a state whose silence is taken for granted... I think we should be a state whose good opinion people are anxious to have. And they will only be anxious to have it if there is fear that once in a while, we will call them out when they're falling short of standards," he told NDTV in an exclusive interview this evening. "Don't forget, we're a country that has been clamouring for a seat, a permanent seat on the Security Council. Clearly, if we are not cooperative, stand on any issue, the world can turn round," he added. Yesterday, in its strongest statement so far on the Ukraine crisis, India condemned the civilian killings in Ukraine's Bucha and supported the call for an independent investigation at the UN Security Council. "The recent reports of civilian killings in Bucha are deeply disturbing. We unequivocally condemn these killings and support call for an independent investigation," India's envoy to the United Nations TS Tirumurti had said.New Delhi: Former Union Minister and career diplomat Shashi Tharoor today suggested that India should be a "little more outspoken" at the United Nations "as we have been on the Bucha tragedy". While the country has a "duty" to look to its own interests, on balance is a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, to which New Delhi has been aspiring for long, he pointed out. "We mustn't be a state whose silence is taken for granted... I think we should be a state whose good opinion people are anxious to have. And they will only be anxious to have it if there is fear that once in a while, we will call them out when they're falling short of standards," he told NDTV in an exclusive interview this evening. "Don't forget, we're a country that has been clamouring for a seat, a permanent seat on the Security Council. Clearly, if we are not cooperative, stand on any issue, the world can turn round," he added. Yesterday, in its strongest statement so far on the Ukraine crisis, India condemned the civilian killings in Ukraine's Bucha and supported the call for an independent investigation at the UN Security Council. "The recent reports of civilian killings in Bucha are deeply disturbing. We unequivocally condemn these killings and support call for an independent investigation," India's envoy to the United Nations TS Tirumurti had said.New Delhi: Former Union Minister and career diplomat Shashi Tharoor today suggested that India should be a "little more outspoken" at the United Nations "as we have been on the Bucha tragedy". While the country has a "duty" to look to its own interests, on balance is a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, to which New Delhi has been aspiring for long, he pointed out. "We mustn't be a state whose silence is taken for granted... 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