BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon has regained its right to vote in the United Nations General Assembly after settling dues for 2022 and 2023, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after the country, which is going through a deep crisis financial institution, lost its rights for the second time in three years.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced in a letter in January that Lebanon, the Dominican Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, South Sudan and Venezuela had lost their right to vote in the General Assembly. United Nations.
To recover its right to vote, Lebanon had to pay a quota amounting to approximately 1.8 million dollars (1.69 million euros), according to the letter.
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry did not specify the amount paid by Lebanon.
“Lebanon has returned to play its essential role (…) in the work and discussions of the UN and its specialized committees,” he said.
Lebanon has been in a deep economic crisis since 2019. The state, which defaulted on its foreign currency debt in 2020, has been largely paralyzed since, with cut spending across the board.
(Written by Tom Perry, French version Dina Kartit, editing by Kate Entringer)
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