Iran Makes Payment To Restore Voting Rights At UN General Assembly - President
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published June 11, 2021 | 07:47 PM
Iran made a partial payment toward the United Nations budget that allowed the country to restore its voting rights at the UN General Assembly, the body's President Volkan Bozkir said in a meeting on Friday
UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 11th June, 2021) Iran made a partial payment toward the United Nations budget that allowed the country to restore its voting rights at the UN General Assembly, the body's President Volkan Bozkir said in a meeting on Friday.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has made the necessary payment to reduce its arrears below the amount specified in Article 19 of the Charter," Bozkir said ahead of the Assembly's vote to elect five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for a two-year term.
Article 19 indicates that a United Nations member state whose arrears equal or exceed the amount of contributions due for the preceding two full years loses its voting rights in the General Assembly.
As of last Wednesday, Iran owned the United Nations $16.2 million, according to the letter circulated by Bozkir and UN chief Antonio Guterres.
Tehran said it was behind on payments because of the US sanctions imposed by former President Donald Trump's administration upon Washington's decision to abandon the nuclear agreement with Iran in 2018.
Besides Iran, the Central African Republic, Somalia, Comoros and Sao Tome and Principe are also currently in arrears on paying their dues to the UN budget.
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