فضيحة: السودان يعجز عن سداد رسومه كعضو في الأمم المتحدة !!

Sudan behind on paying 2012 dues to the United Nations

January 2, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – Sudan has missed the December 31 deadline to pay its 2012 annual dues to the United Nations.


United Nations Headquarters (UN Photo)
According to the UN General Secretariat report Sudan has been assessed to pay 0.010% of world body’s regular budget in 2012 which amounts to $236,317.

But it is not just Sudan that owes money to the UN.

According to the UN Tribune blog among the countries that also have not yet paid are Comoros Islands, Jamaica, Lebanon, Mali, Venezuela and the United States.

As the United Nations’ single biggest contributor, U.S. is responsible for roughly one-quarter of the U.N. peacekeeping budget and slightly less than a quarter of the separate U.N. regular budget.

The two countries with the lowest assessed dues - Central African Republic and the Solomon Islands - have both paid their $23,000 share.

South Sudan which became independent in July 2011 has yet to be assessed by the budget committee which met in June 2011 to determine the 2012 contributions.

Overall Sudan is among one of fifty UN member states that have not paid into the 2012 budget.

According to the UN committee on contributions, the UN expenses are split among members "broadly according to capacity to pay".

Under Article 19 of the UN charter "a member State in arrears in the payment of its dues in an amount that equals or exceeds the contributions due for two preceding years can lose its vote in the General Assembly".

FRIDAY 4 JANUARY 2013
Sudan denies not paying 2012 dues to UN despite list showing otherwise

January 3, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman denied Thursday that his country is behind on its financial obligations to the world body.


In press statements Osman insisted that Sudan has paid its share in the UN regular budget for 2012 "in full" adding that as of December 31 his country remains up to date.

He added that Sudan’s finance ministry will "immediately" send its 2013 dues "in accordance criteria laid down in the general budget".

A UN General Secretariat report states that Sudan has been assessed to pay 0.010% of the UN regular budget in 2012 which amounts to $236,317.

The Sudanese diplomat did not provide details on when the 2012 dues were actually disbursed.

The "UN honour roll" published at the UN Committee On Contributions website as of December 31 does not list Sudan as one of the countries that has paid its fees in full by year end.

Sudan is among fifty UN member states that have not paid into the 2012 budget which also includes countries such as Comoros Islands, Jamaica, Lebanon, Mali, Venezuela and the United States.

South Sudan, which became independent in July 2011 has yet to be assessed by the budget committee which met in June 2011 to determine the 2012 contributions.

According to the UN committee on contributions, the UN expenses are split among members "broadly according to capacity to pay".

Under Article 19 of the UN charter "a member State in arrears in the payment of its dues in an amount that equals or exceeds the contributions due for two preceding years can lose its vote in the General Assembly".

SATURDAY 5 JANUARY 2013
UN confirms Sudan’s delinquent status, says dues arrears reached $1 million

January 4, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The United Nations on Friday revealed that Sudan is several years behind on its payments and owes close to $1 million which has yet to be paid.


United Nations spokesman Martin Nesirky (UN Photo)
This week the UN Committee On Contributions released the list of nations which has paid in full its financial obligations to the world body’s 2012 regular budget.

The "UN honour roll" which was updated on December 31st excluded Sudan indicating that the East African nation’s share remains outstanding.

According to a UN General Secretariat Sudan has been assessed to pay 0.010% of the UN regular budget in 2012 which amounts to $236,317.

But on Thursday the Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman vehemently denied that his government is behind on its dues saying that they paid their 2012 dues in full.

Osman added that the finance ministry is readying to disburse the 2013 dues for payment this year.

But the spokesperson to the UN Secretary General Martin Nesirky today contradicted Osman’s assertions and disclosed that Sudan’s voting rights were briefly suspended this year because of the financial arrears.

"At the start of 2012, Sudan was in arrears under the terms of Article 19 of the Charter (loss of vote in the General Assembly)" Nesirky wrote in an email to Innercitypress UN reporter.

Under Article 19 of the UN charter "a member State in arrears in the payment of its dues in an amount that equals or exceeds the contributions due for two preceding years can lose its vote in the General Assembly".

"However, sufficient payment was made in 2012 to take Sudan out of Article 19. As of 4 January 2013, Sudan has arrears (amounts due for 2012 and previous years) of approximately $1 million," Nesirky added.

It is not clear why the UN and Sudan are offering conflicting accounts on the outstanding dues.

An analysis done by Sudan Tribune based on UN reports showed that Sudan dues were $243,642 in 2009; $210,822 in 2010 and $234,869 in 2011. This in addition to 2012 dues would add up to $925,650.

In 2010 Sudan’s arrears totaled $480,117 but a payment of $480,755 was applied to it leaving only the year’s dues of $210,822 outstanding. The status of Sudan’s 2011 dues has not been released.

Sudan is expected to pay $254,828 for the year 2013.

According to the UN committee on contributions, the UN expenses are split among members "broadly according to capacity to pay".

Sudan is in the midst of an economic crisis resulting from South Sudan’s independence in July 2011. The newborn nation contained 75% of the oil wealth that existed under the formerly-united country.

South Sudan represented more than a third of Khartoum’s revenues and its largest source of hard currency, leaving the government struggling for alternatives since the independence.

Inflation has accelerated to 46 percent in November, and the Sudanese pound has plunged on the black market where it now fetches around 7.00 pounds for one dollar, compared to an official rate of 4.4

The government in June devalued the official foreign exchange rate as part of measures to compensate for the loss of South Sudanese oil.

It also raised taxes, allocated more funds for social spending and increased the pump prices of fuel by about 50 percent to reduce petroleum subsidies.