India, March 7 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said the G20 could evolve in a way that might threaten the primacy of the UN Security Council, as it reflects today's contemporary realities much more and is not "hamstrung" by a charter.

Speaking at a session at the Raisina Dialogue, Tharoor said the United Nations will survive and even though it may not be the UN that Harry Trueman envisioned in 1945, it will still be the nucleus of international cooperation.

"What I see rising is a plethora of other forms of international cooperation. The most striking of them is the G20, which, unlike the UN, is not handicapped by a charter, so they can write their own rules.

"The G20 is a far more representative body than the UN Security Counc...