MR . MCCURRY : Let me, before I excuse our team here, George Ward here could take any particular question on the subject of the U . N . reform or arrearages.
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The total Soviet hard-currency debt increased appreciably, and the Soviet Union, which had established an impeccable record for debt repayment in earlier decades, had accumulated sizable arrearages by 1990.
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Potential obstacles to a resumption of normal IDB ties to Haiti include arrearages on loans dating from the 1990's and on Haiti's ability to absorb new loans, the officials said.
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The bar association letter supports enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of the United Nations, but urges that " payment of current dues and arrearages not be held hostage to the issue of reform ."
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"Basically, if this is a one-time occurrence, we'll work out a pay plan so that the borrower can spread out the arrearages over five months, " he said.
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"There is no justification, and we will not allow, for our multifaceted relationship with the U . N . to be defined by the single issue of our arrearages, " he told the working group.
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The bill also provides for more than dlrs 800 million to pay U . N . arrearages over the next three years and accepts calculations that would clear nearly all administration-acknowledged U . S . debt to the world body.
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The United Nations has " held up their end of the bargain " reached in 1999 under which the United States would pay its arrearages and the United Nations would reduce the U . S . proportion of dues and peacekeeping expenses in the future, Maloney said.
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Goodman said in an interview, " has had a number of serious violations, tax arrearages, building-code violations, health-code violations, labor-law violations, serving underage customers, which taken together raised serious questions about its fitness for having a license.
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Other indications of possible financial difficulties for example, default on loan or similar agreements, arrearages in dividends, denial of usual trade credit from suppliers, restructuring of debt, noncompliance with statutory capital requirements, need to seek new sources or methods of financing or to dispose of substantial assets