New York - In a concrete reaction to US failure to pay UN arrears, the United States yesterday failed to be re-elected to the UN's top financial advisory board.
The UN General Assembly's fifth committee responsible for financing yesterday voted to fill six vacancies on the key 16-member Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. The US - thrown off the committee two years ago amid strong displeasure with Washington's withholding of more than $1 billion in UN arrears - fielded a candidate unsuccessfully.