Niger, Six Other Countries Lose Right To Vote In UNGA

'Dotun Akintomide
Writer
Nigeria, Mauritius Retain Seats In UN Rights Committees

Ad

Global CEOs, Top Diplomats, Ministers, Governors, Industry leaders gather in New York to unlock the Gulf of Guinea’s over $800 billion Energy, Oil & Gas, Minerals, Maritime Opportunities

By Abiola Olawale Following the official opening of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80), New York, USA, high-level delegations from over a dozen countries, including global CEOs, top diplomats, ministers, governors, industry leaders will gather in New York to unlock the Gulf of Guinea’s over $800 billion Energy, Oil & Gas,…

Charted: Populations of China, India, U.S., and Europe (1950–2100)

Key Takeaways India is projected to remain the world’s most populous country through 2100, stabilizing around 1.5 billion people. China’s population is expected to fall by more than half, from 1.4 billion to 0.6 billion. Europe’s population will decline steadily, while the U.S. population grows gradually to 420 million. As global demographics continue to shift,…

Elon Musk drops to second place as AI boom powers Oracle’s Larry Ellison to world’s richest status

By Obinna Uballa Elon Musk has lost his long-held crown as the world’s richest person to Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, following a record-breaking surge in Ellison’s net worth. According to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, Ellison’s fortune jumped by an unprecedented $101 billion on Tuesday night to reach $393 billion, surpassing Musk’s $385 billion. The windfall came…

Ad

Niger and six other nations lost their right to vote in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) because they have not paid their dues.

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres disclosed on Tuesday following a letter to the General Assembly.Niger, Six Other Countries Lose Right To Vote In UNGA

The other countries losing their UNGA voting rights are Iran, Libya, the Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, South Sudan, and Zimbabwe, the Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday.

Three more countries – Comoros, Sao Tome, and Principe, and Somalia – will be allowed to continue to vote despite missing dues payments, because they sufficiently demonstrated that they are incapable of paying.

Guterres wrote a letter to General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir of Turkey that the countries in arrears to the UN will have their UNGA voting rights suspended following the UN Charter.

The Charter stipulates the suspension of voting rights if a member state fails to pay its fees for more than two years, the report said.

Under the article, a member-state in arrears in the payment of its dues in an amount that equals or exceeds the contributions of two preceding years can lose its vote in the General Assembly.

Iran owes 16.2 million dollars, more than any other country.
Meanwhile, Iran has blamed U.S. sanctions for blocking the Islamic Republic from paying its required contribution to the UN, the newspaper reported.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said the funds designated for UN payments are frozen in two South Korean banks, due to the U.S. sanctions.

He said the Islamic Republic has a total of USD 7 billion in those banks, the report said.

Khatibzadeh demanded that the UN guarantee the payments are safely transferred without using U.S. banks.

“Given that the United States has encroached upon Iran’s international assets before, the Islamic Republic of Iran insists that the UN not use an American intermediary bank to receive our country’s membership fee.

”Alternatively, this organization guarantees the financial transfer channel,” Iran International News quoted Khatibzadeh as saying.

ANI/NAN

Ad

Unlocking Opportunities in the Gulf of Guinea during UNGA80
X whatsapp