New Delhi: UN Undersecretary-General Shashi Tharoor on Friday submitted his resignation, which was accepted by Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
Tharoor was among several top officials whose resignations have been accepted. Ban had sought resignation from all Under-Secretaries-General and Assistant Secretaries-General to give him flexibility of choosing their team.
Tharoor, whose contract as UN Under-Secretary-General for Public Information expires at the end of February, is being replaced by Kiyotaka Akasaka of Japan.
Tharoor was one of the leading contenders in the race to succeed Kofi Annan as UN Secretary-General.
He was the only one of six candidates to escape a veto in the informal fourth UN straw poll. Ban got 14 votes, including support from all five Permanent Security Council members.
In the fourth straw poll, Tharoor stood second. He got 10 votes in favour, three against - one of which was a veto-holding member - and two 'no opinions'. Soon after the results, Tharoor announced his withdrawal and his support for Ban.
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