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Samuel Moncada

lines on the record: 54
first: 2020-04-23
most recent: 2021-03-11
sittings or episodes: 4
sources: un-security-council

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“In conclusion, we consider that efforts to eradicate the human tragedy of hunger and to fully guarantee food security must be carried out in a concerted and coordinated manner, broadening as much as possible the spaces for discussion and ensuring the full participation of Member States as primarily responsible for guaranteeing the implementation of national, regional and international strategies in the global fight against hunger.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“The pernicious effects of the so-called sanctions have been recognized by independent United Nations experts, including the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Alena Douhan, who recently concluded an official visit to Venezuela in order to assess the negative impact of these criminal measures on the Venezuelan people’s enjoyment of human rights. Like other States that are victims of illegal unilateral coercive measures, we reiterate our international denunciation of the economic and financial siege to which we are currently being subjected, demand its immediate derogation and repeal, and call on all to reject its application.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“We consider such hostile policies to be a double standard — showing concern for food security while illegally imposing unilateral coercive measures that affect the food supply chain at the national and international levels; and causing sustained damage to economies and populations, particularly impacting the most vulnerable segments of societies as part of a calculated policy of maximum pressure to deliberately cause grief and pain to civilian populations, including that of our country. In that regard, we echo the position of the General Assembly that essential goods such as food and medicines should not be used as tools for political and economic compulsion and that, under no circumstances, should people be deprived of their own means of subsistence and development.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will not cease to insist on the fact that, in the context of a global pandemic, the negative impacts of the illegal imposition of unilateral coercive measures violate a broad range of economic and social rights, and specifically threaten the food security of one third of humankind, including 30 million Venezuelans, who are being subjected to that criminal policy.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“This is not an isolated event, and it has been described as a systematic and organized theft of crops by the United States military. Consequently, we categorically reject the use of hunger by State and/or non-State actors as a tactic of war, or as a mechanism to destabilize and overthrow legitimate and democratically elected Governments, or as a tool to foment conflict and instability, which undoubtedly results, rather deliberately, in social chaos and suffering.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“The human crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us of the urgent need for sustainable food systems that reliably provide safe, nourishing and affordable food. Resolution 2417 (2018), on starvation as a means of warfare, reaffirms full respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States, in accordance with the S/2021/250 Charter of the United Nations. Hence, each country must work, without external interference, to ensure food security, in accordance with its own national policies and priorities. In that context, our delegation notes with serious concern that, according to official Syrian sources, in January, United States troops confiscated a convoy of 50 trucks loaded with wheat and barley from the Al-Tawiba silos.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“Our delegation notes that the lack of means to implement food policies or address trade barriers, economic slowdown, armed conflicts and the adverse effects of climate change are the main factors contributing to reversing long-term progress in the fight against global hunger. Nowadays, food security challenges have been exacerbated by the devastating impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the extraordinary measures implemented to contain its spread and their resulting economic effects, which have, in turn, exposed significant vulnerabilities in many national food systems. As the Secretary-General stated in 2020, over 820 million people suffer from food insecurity and another 130 million people could suffer from acute hunger due to the effects of the pandemic.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“Venezuela is committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports the work of FAO and UNDP, and reaffirms its commitment to those bodies. It regrets, however, that for the conveners of this high-level meeting, the 2030 Agenda and its goals, including the one referred to as “Zero Hunger”, are not as important as they are to other responsible members of the international community. In the context of armed conflicts, regardless of their intensity and generation, the civilian population is the first victim of the shortages resulting from the lack of food and the disruption of production and distribution mechanisms, which then intensifies the suffering of those who are subjected to the onslaught of war.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly Sustainable Development Goal 2, entitled “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture”, places the eradication of poverty and hunger among its key priorities and identifies agriculture and sustainable food systems as key drivers of sustainable development. Similarly, our various development, production and capacity-building initiatives and our experience-sharing projects, implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), are aimed at eradicating hunger and malnutrition in a multilateral cooperation framework.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“As expressed on many occasions at the Security Council, the delegation of Venezuela attaches great importance to comprehensively addressing the root causes of armed conflicts in order to effectively and truly achieve sustainable and lasting peace. Addressing poverty and the lack of access to basic services, housing, health and food is key to ensuring stable and peaceful societies. The United Nations is, par excellence, the most appropriate framework to organically engage in multilateral discussions on this issue. For the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the role of the General Assembly, as a broad organ for discussion, is of crucial importance when it comes to defining the international dialogue on food security strategies at both national and international levels.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“Moreover, if the Security Council wishes to work constructively to prevent future conflicts, then it must condemn and combat the illegal application of unilateral coercive measures, which represent a criminal form of indiscriminate violence against entire populations and are today one of the main sources of inequality with regard to access to the resources, food and medicine needed to fight this pandemic. Only through our joint participation as equals, without political calculations, and with a real spirit of cooperation, can we together defeat COVID-19, a virus that knows no borders or distinctions of any kind.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“Secondly, we renew our call to redouble efforts for the prompt development of a vaccine or other safe medical treatment against COVID-19. That can only be considered a global public good, and it is the only guarantee for effectively controlling the pandemic worldwide. In conclusion, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms its support for the work of the United Nations and considers that addressing this issue as a threat to international peace and security, despite its unprecedented reach, can be accepted only in conjunction with the premise that inequality is the main source of violence.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“That can only trigger the spread of the virus in our national territory, in spite of the protocols that are currently being implemented at our borders. Ignoring multilateralism at a time of crisis such as this one is an irresponsible attitude that cannot be tolerated or promoted, since it puts at risk the well-being of all peoples. This pandemic can be overcome only through the responsible conduct of all States and based on their capacity to coordinate policies for the prevention and eradication of COVID-19. We cannot conclude our statement without referring to two key issues. First, mindful of the need to foster an international environment that will enable us to jointly defeat the pandemic, we reiterate our support for the Secretary-General’s call for an immediate ceasefire in all conflicts.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“In that regard, Venezuela takes this opportunity to denounce the criminal negligence of the Government of Brazil in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, thus seriously endangering millions of lives both inside and outside that country, while undermining the actions that our national Government is taking to control the spread of the disease and its devastating consequences. This catastrophe is occurring at a time when there is a high level of human movement on our border with that country, as thousands of Venezuelan migrants — fleeing from the discrimination, xenophobia and other related forms of intolerance to which they have fallen victim in the neighbouring country — are voluntarily returning to Venezuela.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“Adopting the necessary measures to prevent the spread of the virus not only demonstrates the responsible and capable character of a State towards its population, insofar as the guarantor of their safety and well-being, but also demonstrates its responsibility towards, and appreciation for, the international community and the ongoing global efforts to combat the pandemic — bearing in mind that, in the interconnected world in which we live, it is impossible to succeed in this battle in an isolated manner. The lack of responsibility of one State in the timely adoption of decisions therefore represents a threat to the security of entire regions, thus increasing the risk of the virus spreading indefinitely.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“Our special recognition goes to WHO and its Director-General, to whom we renew our full support, conscious of their efforts to lead the formulation and implementation of policies adapted to the various national contexts and realities. We believe that, at the current juncture, it is crucial to continue to provide all possible support to WHO, including financial, through predictable and sustained resources. We therefore categorically reject all inflammatory speeches aimed at disowning the important role that it continues to play in the fight against what is today our common enemy, as well as any arbitrary decision aimed at weakening its functioning.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“The success of our national strategy, which is being concealed by propaganda and disinformation campaigns, has been possible thanks to our Government’s prompt understanding of the magnitude of the health emergency, as well as the solidarity and technical assistance provided by various international partners, including the United Nations system, in order to ensure both its effectiveness and the fact that it adheres to the international protocols that have been established. In that regard, we take this opportunity to recognize the efforts made at all levels by the United Nations system, through both its main bodies and its specialized agencies, funds and programmes, to design and implement a comprehensive and coordinated response to COVID-19.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“Today, despite being located in a region considered to be the current epicentre of the pandemic, and despite the campaign of aggression to which our country is inhumanely and deliberately subjected as part of a systematic policy of maximum calculated cruelty, seen particularly in the obstacles faced, which includes the looting of our assets and resources abroad, including the gold reserves deposited in the Bank of England, and seeks to use the pain and health of the Venezuelan people to promote a coup d’état, Venezuela is the country with the lowest contagion rate and the least confirmed cases of COVID-19 per 1 million inhabitants in Latin America and the Caribbean, while being at the forefront in the number of tests carried out per million inhabitants in our region.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“From the very moment that WHO declared the evolution of the COVID-19 infection a pandemic, the Government of President Nicolás Maduro Moros put in place a series of measures to ensure the protection and well-being of the Venezuelan people, including their right to health and life, as well as to cooperate with global efforts aimed at containing the spread of this terrible disease.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“This is why we are seriously concerned by how some States seek not only to politicize the virus but also to exploit this moment of global upheaval in order to advance their neocolonial and warmongering policies, all of which violate both international law and the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, so as to obtain geopolitical advantages, even if this means sacrificing entire populations, currently subjected to actions of extermination, through the illegal application of unilateral coercive measures, the development of disinformation and propaganda operations and acts of aggression that include the use or threat of use of force.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“It is the worst pandemic that has hit humankind in the past 100 years. Hence, addressing it undoubtedly requires collective, coordinated and decisive action by all members of the international community through an approach based on multilateral cooperation and international solidarity, that is, one that puts the human being at the centre of political action.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“In a world already shaken by armed conflicts, including those of a protracted nature, as well as by the threats posed by terrorism and climate change, among others, the human crisis resulting from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic represents an unprecedented challenge to the international system and, potentially, to the maintenance of international peace and security. That being said, from the very outset, we would like to stress our preference for this issue, which affects us all, equally and without distinction, to be addressed within the framework of the General Assembly, which is the most representative organ of the United Nations. Certainly, the current pandemic is one of the most pressing challenges that the world is now facing in the light of its many implications and devastating effects.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“Allow us first to express our appreciation for the convening of this open debate to address such an important issue, particularly at the current juncture. Similarly, we express our appreciation to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Commissioner for Social Affairs of the African Union for their very valuable briefings. We regret, however, that this favourable opportunity was missed for hearing first-hand from the World Health Organization (WHO), whose role continues to be central in the global fight that we are all waging today against this deadly disease.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“Given the seriousness of the situation and its potential escalation, inaction from the Security Council at the current juncture will only embolden those Governments to continue with their warmongering and criminal plans, as has been the case thus far, considering the fact that the Colombian and United States Governments have doubled down on their aggression against Venezuela, in breach of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, thereby demonstrating their unrepentant and recidivist nature. Allow me to conclude by stressing that our country does not represent a threat to anyone and expects everyone to learn this lesson: Venezuela is not for sale; it will never be anyone’s colony; and our people, with serenity and determination, will fulfil their duty to be free. 30/3020-07101”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“That is the only way to further peace and security among nations. Today, in the midst of a deadly pandemic that is affecting all of humankind and which requires the full attention of our national Government to protect the lives of our people, we are facing an imminent armed attack that, because of its genocidal effects, amounts to a crime against humanity.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“The United States Government and its allies are creating a lawless space in international relations where they can ignore their obligations under international law and impose tyrannical, whimsical and colonial practices on the rest of the world. Thus, in their minds, the supremacy of their national interest justifies the most abhorrent crimes, as is the case with protecting the “good terrorists and mercenaries” who attacked Venezuela if they serve the expansion of United States power. The Security Council must enforce the notion of legality in international relations under the principle, as set out in article 5, paragraph 1, of General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX), that “no consideration of whatever nature, whether political, economic, military or otherwise, may serve as a justification for aggression”.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“Consequently, while urging the Security Council to fulfil the duties and responsibilities entrusted to it by the Charter of the United Nations in relation to the maintenance of international peace and security, we request that it once and for all not only determine the threat that the warmongering policies of the Governments of Colombia and the United States of America represent to the peace of both Venezuela and the region, but also to both recognize the acts of aggression that have been committed against my country and demand that the perpetrators immediately bring to an end their criminal practices, including the use or threat of use of force and the commission of further armed attacks, inter alia, through the use of mercenaries and terrorists.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“On 14 December 1974, the General Assembly unanimously adopted resolution 3314 (XXIX), which in its article 1 defines aggression as “the use of armed force by a State against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations” and includes as such acts both “the blockade of the ports or coasts of a State by the armed forces of another State” and “the sending by or on behalf of a State of armed bands, groups, irregulars or mercenaries, which carry out acts of armed force against another State”, as set out in its article 3, paragraphs (c) and (g), respectively. That text fits perfectly the description of the most recent events in Venezuela.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“This is yet more evidence of the coordination that exists between the intelligence agencies of those countries and narco-paramilitary groups. It is a classic example of the “all options are on the table” strategy in the clandestine war against Venezuela, under the pretext of an alleged war on drugs. Behind it all is the very same mind that applied that very same combination in Nicaragua during the 1980s, that is, the use of drug lords, covert operations and mercenaries in a dirty war. Cruelly, one of the individuals who was responsible for this more than 35 years ago is now repeating his crimes today in Venezuela — literally the very same individual. I am referring to Elliott Abrams, one of the darkest characters in our region’s history.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“In that context, it is noteworthy that just hours ago international media revealed that a powerful Colombian drug-trafficking organization known as “Los Pachenca”, which controls that country’s La Guajira region and which supported the mercenaries and terrorists that participated in the armed attack of 3 May against my country, is in possession of precise operational information on the surveillance routes and the locations of Colombian and United States warships in the Caribbean. That official, top-secret information is being used by the cartel to avoid operations allegedly being carried out for counter-narcotic purposes. This proves that the real purpose of warships in my region is not to fight drug trafficking but to attack Venezuela.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“In addition, British warships remain off our territorial waters, with a hostile and confrontational attitude, together with Dutch, French and United States warships, conveniently disguised as anti-drug-trafficking operations but in fact aimed at illegally establishing a naval blockade against our nation. The combination of military provocations with information operations is a replay of the old trick of plausible deniability used in covert assaults.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“Thirdly, on 13 May international media revealed the existence of a “Venezuela reconstruction unit” within the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office, through which discussions were held between United Kingdom officials, Venezuelan opposition figures and those who plotted the recent armed incursion on the promotion of and the need to provide guarantees of preferred status to British businesses in my country once the act of aggression had successfully been carried out. This new evidence that has now come to light, together with the pillaging of more than $1.7 billion in Venezuelan gold by the Bank of England, demonstrates once again how the British Government is an opportunistic accomplice in the colonial looting of Venezuelan wealth.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“Therefore, the current threats being made by the United States Administration are nothing more than a military act of aggression against civilian vessels carrying vital goods for our people and coming from a country that has engaged in legal trade with my own. In the midst of a pandemic, forbidding those vessels from reaching our ports would thus constitute an act of extermination amounting to a crime against humanity. Perversely, the United States Government insists on portraying itself as our saviour, claiming to be the major donor of humanitarian assistance to Venezuela, and now even dares to accuse our Government of obstructing the provision of United States assistance, when the truth is that everyone willing to support our country has been able to do so through the relevant United Nations agencies.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“Today coercion is coupled with a fresh peril: the threat of the use of military force against five Iranian tankers carrying fuel that are en route to Venezuela, in violation, among other things, of the freedoms of trade and navigation. If that threat materializes, it would constitute actual armed aggression against a civilian Iranian vessel and against the Venezuelan people as a whole. In that context, I wish to stress that a naval blockade is an act of war under international law, particularly if not authorized by the Security Council on the basis of Article 41 of the Charter or applied pursuant to the right of self-defence.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“Secondly, as we have denounced in previous letters to the Security Council, the United States Government has openly admitted to exerting pressure on companies to refrain from supplying gasoline to Venezuela, resulting in the current shortages throughout the country. In that context, allow me to ask the following question: what would happen if, in the midst of the coronavirus disease pandemic, New York City were deliberately left without gasoline? That would undoubtedly constitute a crime against humanity, which is precisely what the Government of President Donald Trump is currently perpetrating against 30 million Venezuelans.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“This is a manifest threat to the peace and security of my country, as the United States Government is aiming at fabricating a narrative in which, according to its supremacist notion claiming its national laws to be universal, it may take “decisive defensive action” and proceed with the assassination of top officials from Venezuela’s security agencies, and, by using its propaganda machine, then twist the crime and present it as a counter- terrorism operation. It is a sad fact of our times that the United States Government expects to openly get away with murder by normalizing the unlawful killing of top national officials around the world through the sheer use of brute force.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“First, on 13 May, the United States Government included Venezuela in an unlawful unilateral list, falsely condemning my country as being among those that do not cooperate fully with counter-terrorism efforts. There could be nothing more cynical than such an accusation, coming just days after the perpetration of an armed attack with mercenaries and terrorists, with the full support of United States Government officials and the direct participation of United States citizens and companies. In addition, the following day, on 14 May, a senior Trump Administration official told Reuters News Agency that consideration was being given to designating several Venezuelan security agencies as “terrorist organizations”.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“As a matter of fact, an attack against our national water system took place on 14 May, which, apart from constituting itself a clear violation of resolution 2341 (2017), on the protection of critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks, confirms the veracity of the public statements by the criminals, who still remain at large, regarding the preparation of further acts of aggression and the training of yet more groups of mercenaries and terrorists. At the same time, further evidence continues to come to light clearly pointing to both Washington and Bogota as the main plotters behind the aggression. Furthermore, there are at least three additional developments that I must also denounce today, as they are part of the continued systematic campaign of aggression against my country.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“As a result, those Governments are violating their obligations under existing bilateral treaties on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. Even more, as of today, the United States Government continues to provide safe heaven to the leaders of the armed incursion against Venezuela. Today I must report that the operations to capture the individuals involved in this armed aggression are still ongoing, as we are aware of the existence of other groups of mercenaries and terrorists who were trying to carry out their criminal plans in other regions of our country.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“The Security Council, in paragraph 2 of resolution 1456 (2003), called upon States to “assist each other, to the maximum extent possible, in the prevention, investigation, prosecution and punishment of acts of terrorism, wherever they occur”, while stressing, in paragraph 3, that States “must bring to justice those who finance, plan, support or commit terrorist acts or provide safe heavens, in accordance with international law, in particular on the basis of the principle to extradite or prosecute”. As of today, the Governments of the United States of America and Colombia continue to refuse any sort of contact with relevant Venezuelan authorities in order to establish the facts and avoid impunity by ensuring that those responsible are brought to justice.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“The Security Council, in paragraph 4 of resolution 1269 (1999), called upon States to “prevent and suppress in their territories through all lawful means the preparation and financing of any acts of terrorism”. The Security Council, in resolution 1373 (2001), decided that all States shall both refrain from providing any form of support to entities or persons involved in terrorist acts, including by suppressing their recruitment and the supply of weapons to terrorists, and deny safe heaven to those who finance, plan, support or commit terrorist acts.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“This is a manifest violation of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and multiple resolutions of the Security Council, which are legally binding on all Member States. The Governments of Colombia and the United States of America violated their relevant obligations under international law, particularly as enshrined in at least the following four resolutions. The Security Council, in paragraph 2 of resolution 239 (1967), condemns any State that permits or tolerates “the recruitment of mercenaries, and the provision of facilities to them, with the objective of overthrowing the Governments of States Members of the United Nations”.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“Today that provision is being violated, with impunity and in full contempt of the Charter. In a letter to the Security Council dated 13 May, we demonstrated to the world the acts of armed aggression against my country, which, as per public and irrefutable evidence shared at that time, proved that the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Colombia facilitated its planning, training and financing and are, to this day, protecting groups of mercenaries and terrorists who executed an armed attack with the objective of perpetrating indiscriminate killings of innocent civilians, targeting the killing of selected high-level officials of my Government and even the assassination of President Nicolás Maduro.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting to discuss the latest developments in Venezuela, especially the terrorist and mercenary attacks that took place on 3 May, as well as the looming threat of an armed attack, in an imminent breach of the peace in my country and of the entire region, should the aggression continue. When signing the Charter of the United Nations, all States Members committed “to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace”.”
2020-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/435 (2020) · source
“In conclusion, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela joins the call of those countries that, like Palestine, urge the international community to put an end to the impunity of the State of Israel in its deliberate failure to comply with the provisions of the relevant Council resolutions, the United Nations Charter and the norms of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law. We must do so before it is too late and the colonial war, together with the excessive human suffering caused by those blatant violations, transcends the borders of this conflict and extends beyond the Middle East region.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“For that reason, Venezuela urges the State of Israel to completely and immediately lift the blockade imposed on Gaza and to refrain from promoting any type of unilateral, illegal or arbitrary coercive measures that undermine the possibility of building the much-desired peace. The international community must act in a responsible, effective, coordinated and decisive manner in defence of international law and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. To that end, it is important to strengthen our support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in order to address the serious humanitarian crisis on the ground and to provide a timely response to the needs of the Palestinian people and refugees.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“This appalling policy has created a severe humanitarian crisis by impeding the delivery of needed hospital, medical and other resources to address the COVID-19 pandemic and putting the Palestinian population at imminent risk. Recognizing the difficult global situation generated by this global pandemic and the risks that it entails for the most vulnerable populations obligates us to denounce what — as a result of the Israeli blockade — could be one of the worst tragedies for the Palestinian people, in one of the most densely populated areas of the world. In that connection, we must recall that unilateral coercive measures and blockades of any sort are a violation of the Charter of the United Nations and of international law. They may also constitute a form of aggression, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX).”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela condemns the increase in violent and supremacist inflammatory rhetoric as a means of securing political gains, seeking to justify non-compliance with the relevant international provisions, ignoring the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people and the territorial integrity of the State of Palestine, encouraging the growth of Israeli settlements in occupied territories, increasing the confiscation of land and the demolition of buildings, expanding the construction of the wall and flagrantly violating the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to exist. We are gravely concerned about the inhumane Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, which causes untold humanitarian, social and economic suffering to the Palestinian people.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“In that regard, we believe that it is essential to strengthen the work of the Council, in order to ensure the maintenance of international peace and security through compliance with its own resolutions on this subject — in furtherance of its capacity and power to enforce the relevant provisions of the United Nations Charter and its own jurisprudence — with a view to guaranteeing the feasibility of a structured, just, peaceful and lasting solution to this protracted conflict.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“Similarly, the Madrid principles, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet road map, are essential instruments aimed at guaranteeing the exercise of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including the right to self-determination and the safeguarding of their territorial integrity, for the consolidation of an independent State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source