"UN Like Old Company, Not Entirely Keeping Up With Market": S Jaishankar
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During an interaction at the Kautilya Economic Conclave here, S Jaishankar also said that two very serious conflicts are going on in the world. "And where is the UN on them, essentially a bystander," the minister said.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday took a critical view of the United Nations, saying it was "like an old company", not entirely keeping up with the market but occupying the space. #WATCH | Delhi: At Kautilya Economic Conclave, EAM Dr S Jaishankar says "The United Nations is like an old company, not entirely keeping up with the market, but occupying the space...What you have today is, yes, there is a UN. At the end of the day, however suboptimal it is in… pic.twitter.com/AFFTf9ScHo
During an interaction at the Kautilya Economic Conclave here, he also said that two very serious conflicts are going on in the world. "And where is the UN on them, essentially a bystander," the minister said.
In response to a query on the possible outcome of the US elections, he said the US actually has "made a shift", geopolitically and in its economic outlook, and irrespective of the outcomes in November, many of these trends will "intensify" in the days to come.
