Ex-Ambassadors tell Congress not to dock UN dues

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By Evelyn Leopold
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Eight former U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations urged the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to reject legislation that would dock payments to the world body unless specific reform plans were enacted.

The ambassadors, in a letter to Republican and Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate, said withholding U.S. dues would be counterproductive, create resentment, build animosity "and actually strengthen opponents of reform."

The letter was signed by Madeleine Albright, John Danforth, Richard Holbrooke, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Donald McHenry, Thomas Pickering, Bill Richardson and Andrew Young.

Danforth, Kirkpatrick and Pickering served under Republican administrations, the other five under Democratic presidents.

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