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Countries in arrears in the payment of their financial contributions under the terms of Article 19 of the UN Charter

As of 13 October 2008, 7 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."

• Central African Republic^a
• Comoros^a
• Guinea-Bissau^a
• Liberia^a
• Sao Tome and Principe^a
• Somalia^a
• Tajikistan^a

^a The General Assembly decided, by its resolution 63/4 of 13 October 2008, that Member States above should be permitted to vote in the General Assembly until the end of the 63rd session.

For more information see the Committee on Contributions.