Lebanon will pay arrears to the United Nations to regain its rights at the world body, its foreign ministry said, after the country, which is in deep financial crisis, lost UN voting rights for the second time in three years due to unpaid contributions.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a Jan. 17 letter, listed Lebanon along with Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, South Sudan and Venezuela as countries that had currently lost their UN General Assembly vote.Lebanon’s foreign ministry said payment of the UN dues would take place “directly, in a way that preserves Lebanon’s rights at the United Nations”. A ministry statement did not comment on the reasons for the delay.
Guterres said in his letter that Lebanon needs to pay a minimum of some $1.8 million to regain its vote.
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