Seven nations lost their right to vote in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) because they have not paid their dues.

 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that Iran and six other nations lost their right to vote in UNGA because they have not paid their dues The other countries losing their UNGA voting rights are Niger, Libya, the Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, South Sudan and Zimbabwe. However,  Comoros, Sao Tome and Principe and Somalia - will be allowed to continue to vote despite missing dues payments, because they sufficiently demonstrated that they are incapable of paying.

Guterres wrote a letter to General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir of Turkey that the countries in arrears to the UN will have their UNGA voting rights suspended in accordance with the UN Charter. Under the article, a member-state in arrears in the payment of its dues in an amount that equals or exceeds the contributions of two preceding years can lose its vote in the General Assembly. Iran owes USD 16.2 million, more than any other country. 

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