External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar 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.
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.
He wants the UN also to maintain new standards and think big for the future and not stick to the old traditional ways and means.
