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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
UN, January 9 /Xinhua/ — The United States could lose its voting rights in the UN General Assembly if it fails to pay its membership dues for a certain number of years, UN Secretary-General's spokesman Stéphane Dujarric announced on Thursday.
"The UN Charter clearly states… what happens when a country fails to pay its dues for a certain number of years," he said. "That's Article 19. So it's not a decision of the Secretary-General. It's in the Charter, and it implies that at some point a country may lose its voting rights in the General Assembly," Dujarric noted.
He confirmed that the United States had not paid its dues to the UN in 2025.
"A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. The General Assembly may, however, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond the control of the Member," states Article 19 of the UN Charter.
As a reminder, on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on the country's withdrawal from 66 international organizations. –0–
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