Who is to blame for Afghanistan’s loss of voting rights in the United Nations?

According to the report of the regional office Tasnim news agency, United Nations Last week, he announced that Afghanistan has been deprived of the right to vote in the UN General Assembly due to non-payment of the membership fee of this organization and not providing a valid reason for non-payment.

According to Article 19 of the UN Charter, member states that pay their membership fees equal to or more than the contribution paid for the previous two years can lose their right to vote in the General Assembly.

According to the list published by the United Nations, in addition to Afghanistan, the countries of Comoros, Ecuador, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia and Venezuela also did not pay the membership fee of the United Nations in the last two years, but with efforts Diplomatically, the three countries of Comoros, Ecuador and Somalia managed to be exempted from this law by providing explanations.

Sources have told the media that Afghanistan’s membership fee in the United Nations is about 200,000 dollars per year.

This is while some Afghan embassies, which are still under the control of the diplomats of the former Afghan government, each earn more than 100,000 dollars a month and collect these amounts without any accountability.

According to the reports, more than 30 Afghan embassies, which are still under the control of the diplomats of the republican era, have refused to take action to pay for Afghanistan’s membership in the United Nations from their hundreds of thousands of dollars.

On the other hand, “Nasir Ahmad Faiq”, acting head of Afghanistan’s seat in the United Nations, said about Afghanistan’s deprivation of the right to vote in the General Assembly: the suspension of the right to vote in the United Nations is a technical issue, no Political.

He pointed out: According to the UN Charter, if any country does not pay its membership fee for two consecutive years, its voting rights will be suspended The Afghan delegation in the United Nations has taken action to solve this issue according to the existing rules and principles and hopes that this problem will be solved soon after going through the necessary steps.

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