As an interested observer, I am keen to see Mr. Ban Ki Moon succeed and leave his own unique legacy on the position. Despite the field day that the press seems to be having with his views and appointments, he may yet prove to be one of the best SG’s at the UN. It would be good if he is allowed to settle in his job and given time to prove his mettle.

Mr. Ban’s election, as political a process as it may have been, is a good lesson for people like India’s Shashi Tharoor, that humility and grace are critical assets required in every reader. It is fine to be glib with the tongue and a complete self promoter, but your humility and ease with it is what ultimately is a testament of intelligence.

So, here’s whishing Mr. Ban the bery best in his five years and hoping that when future books on SG’s are written, he goes down as the right man who showed up at the right time to fix a very ill organization.