New York: India's nominee for the UN Secretary General's post Shahi Tharoor has rejected the contention that lack of political experience would be a hindrance in performing his duties as the world body's chief.
The lack of parliamentary experience is, in actuality, an advantage in practical terms, Tharoor said.
"The Secretary Generals of the UN have in every case without exception been largely unknown diplomats or civil servants when they got elected.
"They were all people who emerged with the ability to run an organisation that has become more and more complex over the years, and that is simply not analogous to running a government," he said an interaction with reporters over web cast.
The United Nations, Tharoor said, is a Government of 192 prime ministers telling the incumbent what to do.
So it's not a job that someone who has actually been a Prime Minister or President would find "particularly palatable," he said.
Tharoor pointed out that he himself has served, as an international civil servant from the age of 22-he is now 50, having worked on refugees and humanitarian issues, peacekeeping, management reform.
He is currently Under Secretary General for Communications.
Replying to questions, Tharoor said that the United Nations is an extremely complex system that would be difficult for an outsider to run.
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