reduction in dues

A member of a teachers' union, for example, could not get a reduction in dues if he or she objected to the union's political activities.

In his speech today, Mr. Helms said the reduction in dues would save $170 million a year in dues that the United Nations had billed taxpayers.

The European message, delivered by Ambassador Jean-David Levitte of France, which now holds the union's rotating presidency, echoes voices of opposition from Japan, other Asian countries and a number of developing nations that reject a reduction in dues for the United States, the country with the world's largest and arguably strongest economy.