New Delhi: It is not often that the world’s top diplomat admits to feeling powerless. But, in a quiet conversation with NK Singh, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres offered a startling confession: “I have far less power than you, NK. My authority begins and ends with convening a session of the United Nations.”

While sharing this anecdote at a panel discussion on UN Reforms, NK Singh, Chair of the 15th Finance Commission, underscored a larger point: “Across human civilisation, institutions have always sought to represent society. But through the ages, it is also evident that those institutions that are unwilling to change with the dynamic scenario die inevitably.”

Singh was speaking at the 26th International Conference of the Chief Justices of the World, organised by City Montes

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