South Sudan regained its right to vote in the UN General Assembly on Thursday after paying part of its debts to the organization, a UN spokesman said Friday.<\/p>\n
“South Sudan has made the necessary payment to reduce its arrears,” which allows it to regain the voting rights lost in January, said General Assembly spokesman Brenden Varma, without giving a figure.<\/p>\n
Juba had to pay a minimum of $22,804 dollars to regain the possibility of participating in a ballot.<\/p>\n
The UN charter calls for such a voting rights suspension for countries whose arrears equal or surpass the amount of the contributions due from them to UN coffers in the previous two years.<\/p>\n
Several other countries also lost their rights in January, including Iran, the Central African Republic and Congo Brazzaville.<\/p>\n
Tehran, squeezed by US sanctions, is so far unable to pay its $16.2 million debt, but “we continue to find a workable solution,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.<\/p>\n
The CAR and Congo have both declared their intention to pay their much smaller debts, a UN source said.<\/p>\n
The UN’s budget is around $3.2 billion per year. The budget for peacekeeping operations is separate and totals around $6.5 billion.<\/p>\n
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