International Law and U.S. Withholding of Payments to International Organizations

In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Band 80, Heft 4, S. 973-983

Abstract

On March 12, 1986, Ambassador Vernon A. Walters, the United States representative at the United Nations, said:
[T]he prospect is for the withholding by the United States of a very sizable amount. … This inevitably would raise the question of whether the non-payment of a substantial amount could constitute a material breach of the United States obligation under Article 17 of the U.N. Charter to pay our duly assessed share of the U.N. budget. This is an issue of which we must be aware.