TY  - BOOK
AU  - Akbaruddin, Syed
TI  - India vs UK: The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win India vs UK: The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win
SN  - 9789354892035
U1  - 327.54041 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
PB  - HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - India
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - Great Britain Foreign relations India
N2  - "‘Telling stories about institutions is about shoring up their foundations and building on their edifices.’ From the uprising of 1857 and the freedom movement to duels on the cricket pitch, India and the United Kingdom have been on opposing sides on numerous occasions. A relatively unknown instance when this dynamic played out was the 2017 election for a seat at the International Court of Justice, one of the main organs of the United Nations. Unwilling at first, India was prompted to enter the ring in the wake of the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, which proved the importance of having an Indian judge at the court. The contest that followed was like a ‘second war of Independence’, in the words of then External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj―and a David-and-Goliath fight against the permanent members of the Security Council, who all put their might behind the UK. In India vs UK, Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN at the time, presents a compelling behind-the-scenes account of India’s coming-of-age in world affairs through the prism of this momentous election, and a fascinating view of the inner workings of the United Nations. About "
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