U.N. ambassadors yesterday welcomed the tentative deal for the United States to pay the United Nations nearly a billion dollars in back dues but complained it wasn’t enough and that the agreement contained troublesome conditions. The House and Senate have yet to vote on the payment. The United States is the biggest debtor to the United Nations and must pay $350 million by December 31 to keep its seat in the U.N. General Assembly. The administration and Congress reached the deal Sunday night after Clinton yielded on conservatives’ demands for limits on some U.S.-subsidized abortion activities overseas. In exchange, close to a billion dollars will be provided to pay the U.S. dues.
Tentative Deal Reached for U.S. to Pay Back Dues to U.N.
HeadlineNov 16, 1999