India Nominates Annan Successor
India nominated senior U.N. official and author Shashi Tharoor on Thursday to succeed Kofi Annan when his 10-year term as United Nations secretary-general concludes at the end of the year.
Tharoor, 50, an Indian, is the U.N. undersecretary-general for communications and public information. New Delhi said it strongly supported the principle of regional rotation, under which the next secretary-general should be from Asia. China also has made it clear it wants the next U.N. chief to be Asian.
Other Asians in the running include South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai and Sri Lankan diplomat Jayantha Dhanapala.
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