Kuwait rejects increasing developing countries'' shares in UN budget

Click here for story @ KUNA UNITED NATIONS, Oct 4 (KUNA) -- The State of Kuwait has refused any increase in developing countries' contributions to UN budget as opposed to reducing shares of developed countries. Impacts of the global economic crisis resulted in increase of shares of developing countries while on the other side there was a drop in shares of the developed nations "although the developing countries have no role in this crisis which also threatened the international financial system," Kuwaiti Diplomat Ahmad Al-Amiri said at a meeting of the 5th administrative and budget committee while discussing shares of UN member states to UN budget. Kuwait, he said, rejected the increase of shares of developing countries' budgetary contributions. He hoped there would not be excessive hike in the shares of developing countries "in order to prevent undermining their shares which will negatively affect their ability to honor their commitments." Al-Amiri said the ability to pay should remain the major principle to determining shares of member states. He backed recommendations to exempt Republic of Central Africa, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Somalia and Sao Tome and Principe from budgetary contributions because of their domestic circumstances. UN General Assembly bylaw prohibits countries failing to pay their arrears to vote in the UNGA. Kuwait believes in the "important and vital" role of the UN which makes the Gulf state pays its budgetary contribution on time, said Al-Amiri. (end) sj.bs KUNA 042026 Oct 11NNNN

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At UN on Sri Lanka, Ban Son in Law Called "Irrelevant," Rajapaksa Relations Still Undisclosed after Tete a Tete Meeting

By Matthew Russell Lee

UN's Ban depicted in Sri Lanka camp, son in law not shown

Ban's office has previous sought to cut off questioning about Ban's son in law, including his rapid rise through the UN system. In 2009, Inner City Press asked Nesirky's Office in writing to “please state from where the S-G's son in law Mr. Chatterjee got his degree(s), and the status of his case(s) with Ms. Shipra Sen.”

Ms. Shipra Sen had contacted Inner City Press, saying she could not otherwise get justice. She was married to Siddarth Chatterjee before he became involved with Mr. Ban's daughter Ban Hyu-yee. Ms. Sen states that Chatterjee used his connections to quash her in court, and that she had more recently contacted her to threaten her against speaking to Inner City Press.

Ms. Sen has described to Inner City Press Mr. Chatterjee's time with the Indian military whose time in Sri Lanka included charges of abuse and even war crimes, including graphic descriptions which make questions about Sri Lanka and Ban's son in law far from irrelevant.

It would seem important for Ban or his Office to comment. But on September 29, Nesirky also refused to answer the outstanding question about Ban's relations with Rajapaksa. The questions continue to mount. Watch this site.