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Venezuela’s government yesterday celebrated the adoption of a resolution tabled by the Non-Aligned Movement before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). the “negative impact” of international sanctions on citizens.
The text approved on Thursday, March 31 by 27 votes in favour, 15 against and 5 abstentionsis titled “The Adverse Effects of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Exercise of Human Rights” and opposes any sanction between countries that harms economic, political and humanitarian development or affects people’s daily lives.
Chavista Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia celebrated the resolution via his Twitter account, where he expressed his satisfaction at the “strong rejection” of the sanctions by the “large majority” of Council members. “We welcome the NAM resolution on the negative effects of unilateral coercive measures on the perception of human rights, which was adopted by a large majority in the UN Human Rights Council with 27 yes votes,” wrote the Chancellor.
He also insisted that the sanctions were a “criminal scourge” and that their imposition violated the principles of international law and the UN Charter. “We are the undisputed majority. Venezuela continues to firmly reject the criminal scourge of unilateral coercive measures, along with 120 member countries of the NAM and other nations of the international community that respect the principles of international law, multilateralism and the UN Charter,” Plasencia said.
The resolution urges all states to end sanctions they deem “contradictory” with the “norms and principles that govern peaceful relations (…), which impede trade relations and prevent the full realization of the rights set out in the resolution.” . Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. In addition, it called on sanctions entities and United Nations agencies to “take concrete action to mitigate the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures in humanitarian assistance,” and urged countries to promote multilateralism and strengthen cooperation, to manage the impact of these measures.
The resolution, pushed by the Chavista regime, seeks to discredit international sanctions as a method of stifling dictatorial regimes.
The decision was backed by the sanctioned and friendly countries of the sanctioned for their regimes’ brutality against the populace demanding democracy. Besides the Maduro dictatorship, Russia – for its reckless invasion of Ukraine; China for violence against minorities; Nicaragua for imprisoning all opposition leaders; and Cuba for the systematic repression and imprisonment of dissenters blacklisted by the US and European Union.
As a matter of fact, When voting on this resolution, the United States, France, Finland, Japan, Norway and Ukraine, among others, voted firmly against it.
Brazil, Mexico and Paraguay were among the group they abstained from.
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