Grenada Says It Has Met Its Financial Obligations To Un

Grenada has regained its voting rights at the United Nations.

The country says it has paid in full the arrears owed to the United Nations to the tune of Forty Thousand One Hundred ($40,100).

Grenada was listed among three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments owing the United Nations, according to a January 15 letter that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent to the President of the General Assembly.

A member of the UN Contribution Committee Allison Watson says Grenada made its payment on February 12 and has since regained the right to vote on resolutions at upcoming meetings or sessions which requires members to vote.

St. Lucia is in arrears to the tune of (US$35,727) Thirty-five thousand seven hundred twenty-seven and Dominica seven thousand two hundred thirty-one (US$7, 231).

Another country named on the list the Dominican Republic which was Four hundred eighty-six thousand seven hundred and fifteen dollars in arrears.

According to 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”.

Article 19 also makes provision for a member which is in arrears to vote, if it’s satisfied that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond the control of that member.

The 193 member UN was founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security.