The U.S. should pay its dues to the United Nations

On October 1, 2005, a statutory provision went into effect that prohibits the United States from paying in full its UN peacekeeping dues. This is not a time to for the UN to cut back on peacekeeping!

Moroever, it left unchanged the shortfall may well cause the United States to lose influence with other UN member states as the members consider important changes to the organization.

Legislation has been introduced in the Senate that would lift this prohibition and enable the United States to pay its full UN peacekeeping assessment. It is critical that senators are notified of this problem and are encouraged by their constituents to support S. 2095, which will enable the United States to meet its financial obligations to the United Nations and will ensure that American diplomats negotiating important UN reforms are not undermined by a return to unilateral withholding of US dues.

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