The people of Iraq have been disenfranchised by the community of nations:
Although it formally regained political power this week, Iraq cannot yet resume voting at the United Nations because it has fallen far behind in its U.N. dues payments, the General Assembly said Thursday.Could the U.N. not take the $14.6 million as an advance on the $10 billion that the U.N. should repay Iraq from the Oil-For-Palaces scandal?Baghdad must pay at least $14.6 million to regain its vote, the 191-nation U.N. assembly said in a report to Secretary General Kofi Annan. Under U.N. rules, member states lose their vote if their dues go unpaid for two or more years.
Didn't the USA refuse to pay dues for a period of a couple years or more?
Iraq should just threaten to not pay the debts of Saddam's government to the French. Then we will see whether the UN takes away Iraq's voting rights.
Posted by: Tim Ford on July 8, 2004 08:16 AMTim,
I think that Iraq should just annul the debts incurred by Saddam.
Posted by: marek on July 8, 2004 02:39 PM