Integration monitor
Integration monitor is a daily Latvian press digest on ethnic minority and society integration issues. The Monitor reviews the biggest Latvian dailies: Diena, Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga (in Latvian language), Vesti Segodnya (in Russian language). In specific cases other information sources are used. Latvian Centre for Human Rights is not responsible for information published by the media.
Feb. 22, 1997
Press Review
Latvia lost its right to vote in the UN General Assembly among other forty-three countries that failed to settle their debts with the UN. Current Latvia's debt exceeds two million dollars. Minister of Foreign Affairs Birkavs explained that Latvia would settle the debt before the middle of March. Although the state budget provides for the payment, Latvia decided to use the funds for other purposes before the next voting at the UN General Assembly, said Birkavs.Latvia lost its right to vote in the UN General Assembly among other forty-three countries that failed to settle their debts with the UN. Current Latvia's debt exceeds two million dollars. Minister of Foreign Affairs Birkavs explained that Latvia would settle the debt before the middle of March. Although the state budget provides for the payment, Latvia decided to use the funds for other purposes before the next voting at the UN General Assembly, said Birkavs. Diena