Lebanon says it regains UN voting rights after paying dues


FILE PHOTO: A Lebanese flag flutters at Freres Sacre-Coeur school in Beirut, Lebanon, June 25, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon has regained U.N. voting rights after paying dues for 2022 and 2023, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after the country, which is in deep financial crisis, lost its rights at the world body for the second time in three years.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a Jan. 17 letter, listed Lebanon along with Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, South Sudan and Venezuela as countries that had lost their U.N. General Assembly vote. Guterres said Lebanon needed to pay a minimum of some $1.8 million to regain its vote.

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