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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (14787)	3/17/2003 1:16:08 PM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) of 89467

they let the USA pick up the tab .... i think not. 31 May, 1996 As of this last day of May, 71 out of 185 countries have paid their regular dues to the UN. Japan has finally paid, leaving only Germany and the United States unpaid of the major regular budget payers (Japan and Germany have pleaded "technical reasons" for paying late this year). Including arrears from previous years, the UN is owed $963 million on the regular budget (of which the US owes $683 million or 71%), $1.685 billion for peacekeeping (of which the US owes $889 million or 53%) and $2.660 billion overall (of which the US owes $1.576 billion or 59%). [For further information on US payments.] globalpolicy.org globalpolicy.org another interesting little tidbit: the US itself has a veto on the security council, and because of that there are no UN SC resolutions against it -- but more powerfully, there are 11 (annual) full UN general assembly resolutions calling on the US to abandon its illegal sanctions against cuba alone. so much for calling the kettle black, eh?

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