‘A useful tool’: annual share of abstentions in India’s U.N. votes at all-time high

Abstentions provide emerging and middle powers like India the opportunity to express themselves more freely, rather than merely going along with the consensus or voting against it, says former Permanent Representative of India to the U.N. T.S. Tirumurti

​Abstentions provide emerging and middle powers like India the opportunity to express themselves more freely, rather than merely going along with the consensus or voting against it, says former Permanent Representative of India to the U.N. T.S. Tirumurti