🇸🇸🇬🇶🇬🇦🇺🇳 South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon lose UN voting rights over dues
South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon and are in arrears on paying dues to the United Nations’ operating budget and are among six nations that have lost their voting rights in the 193-member General Assembly.
Also losing voting rights are Dominica, Venezuela and Lebanon, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
Gabon is serving a two-year term on the Security Council though its voting rights there are not affected.
According to the secretary-general’s letter, the minimum payments needed to restore voting rights are $619,103 for Equatorial Guinea, $196,130 for South Sudan, $61,686 for Gabon.
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South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon and are in arrears on paying dues to the United Nations’ operating budget and are among six nations that have lost their voting rights in the 193-member General Assembly.
Also losing voting rights are Dominica, Venezuela and Lebanon, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
Gabon is serving a two-year term on the Security Council though its voting rights there are not affected.
According to the secretary-general’s letter, the minimum payments needed to restore voting rights are $619,103 for Equatorial Guinea, $196,130 for South Sudan, $61,686 for Gabon.
#SouthSudan #EquatorialGuinea #Gabon #UN
@africaintel