Word: un
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only is the United States the "only developed country to get a break" in UN dues--its dues are capped at 25 percent even though it constitutes 29 percent of the world economy--but the placement of the UN headquarters in New York City pumps $3.2 billion into the American economy each year...
...Tharoor, who has worked for the UN for over 20 years--ever since he received his Ph.D from Tufts at the age of 22--maintained that although he thinks some of the American critiques of the UN are on target, it is necessary to support the UN more, not less...
Kishan Putta, a student at the Kennedy School of Government, called Tharoor "a really good spokesman for the UN...
...addressed criticisms [of the UN] and turned them on their head very nimbly," he said...
...Huma Yusef '02, while she called Tharoor "very eloquent," said she was disappointed by the rudimentary level of the speech, citing the sophistication of many members of the heavily international audience with regard to UN issues...