41.   Supporters of the changes, mainly Trinidad and Tobago, argue that excluding the unanimity rule would force member states to pay their membership dues.

42.   The European Commission has made no proposals for changing the way membership dues are calculated.

43.   The US has a moral and legal obligation to pay its membership dues.

44.   The United States is blackmailing the international body by linking the election of the secretary-general and the payment of its membership dues.

45.   What they give us is membership dues.