HC Deb 19 January 1999 vol 323 c434W
30. Mr. David Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of the United States of America concerning the payment of arrears to the United Nations. [64616]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary last raised this issue with Madeleine Albright early last year. Since then we have used our Presidencies of the EU and the G8, and numerous other contacts at ministerial and official level, to urge the US quickly to settle its arrears to the UN. We will continue to raise this issue with the US Administration and Congress when we judge this will be effective.

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