[PDF version] A/58/360 Add.1 Add.2 , A/58/440 Add.1 , A/58/688 Add.1 Add.2 Add.3 Add.4 Add.5 Add.6 Add.7 Add.8 Add.9 A/58/855 Add.1 Add.2   Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 124 of the agenda Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations

As of 16 July 2004, 14 Member States are in arrears under the terms of Article 19 of the UN Charter:

"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, nevertheless, 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."

Benin Central African Republic Chad Comoros Georgia Guinea-Bissau Iraq

Liberia Malawi Niger Republic of Moldova Sao Tome and Principe Somalia Tajikistan

See document A/58/855/Add.2

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