India's
Nirupam Sen, UN Ambassador
& Adviser
on R2P, Leaves Legacy,
Questioned P5
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS,
July 2 – India's former Ambassador
to the UN Nirupam Sen, who
also served as an advisor to
President of the General Assembly
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, has
died in New Delhi, at 70.
Sen succeeded
Vijay Nambiar as Indian
Ambassador, and pushed back
at Nambiar's suggestion the
country had not done enough to
gain a Permanent Seat on the
UN Security Council. He rejected
a published report that Canada
went around him to get India
to not block Responsibility to
Protect at the UN.
To Inner City
Press, Sen explained
his position on R2P as related
to the Permanent Five members'
unwillingness to constrain
their use of the veto in the
Council and "eliminate the
strategic imperatives of any
great power." He has a legacy;
this is a part of it. Rest in
peace.
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