UN Rejects Afghan Representative’s Request for Voting Rights Restoration

The UN rejected Afghanistan’s request to restore voting rights due to “political considerations” and the failure to pay membership fees.

The United Nations has once again rejected the Afghan delegation’s request to restore Afghanistan’s voting rights, leaving the country without this privilege for another year. Nasir Ahmad Faiq, head of the Afghan delegation, responded to the decision, stating that the rejection was influenced by “political considerations” from certain countries in the region, though he did not specify which nations. Afghanistan was stripped of its voting rights in the UN General Assembly in May due to its failure to pay UN membership fees and the absence of a valid justification for the non-payment.