Venezuela suspends activities of the technical office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Published at: 15/02/2024 12:17 PM

The Minister of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, announced this Thursday the suspension of the activities of the Technical Advisory Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which operates in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and requested the officials of this instance to leave the country within the next 72 hours.

Through an official statement read by the Foreign Minister from the Casa Amarilla Antonio José de Sucre, in Caracas, the Bolivarian Government emphasizes that the decision responds “to the improper role that this institution has played, which, far from showing it as an impartial entity, has led it to become the private firm of coup and terrorist groups that constantly conspire against the country”.

This is in reference to the statements issued by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, regarding the arrest of lawyer Rocío San Miguel, accused of terrorism and treason because of her involvement in the assassination plan against the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, and other senior authorities of the Bolivarian Government.

Below is the full text of the document:

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela announces its decision to suspend the activities of the Technical Advisory Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Venezuela and to carry out a comprehensive review of the terms of technical cooperation described in the Letter of Understanding signed with that office within the next 30 days, which is why it requests that the personnel attached to this office leave the country in after 72 hours, until they publicly rectify before the international community their colonialist, abusive and violating attitude of the United Nations Charter.

This decision is taken because of the improper role that this institution has played, which, far from showing it as an impartial entity, has led it to become the private firm of the coup and terrorist groups that constantly conspire against the country.

Since the signing of the above-mentioned Letter of Understanding, the Office of the High Commissioner has maintained a clearly biased and biased stance, constantly seeking to generate impunity for people involved in various assassination attempts, coups d'etat, conspiracies and other serious attacks against the sovereignty and Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, despite the harm that this type of criminal practices can cause generate about peace and the coexistence of a society.

Faced with this improper action, Venezuelan institutions have proceeded patiently and through dialogue, seeking time and again to redirect the actions of the Office of the High Commissioner towards respect for truth, international legality and the norms that govern the treatment of human rights issues.

However, the Office of the High Commissioner has intensified its attacks against Venezuela, just at the moment when the world is witnessing the genocidal barbarism committed against the Palestinian people, in a context of total impunity favored by the inaction of this international bureaucracy, which, without condemning these events or calling for an immediate ceasefire, remains fearful and inert in the face of the murder of more than 10,000 Palestinian children.

On the other hand, this Office of the High Commissioner is very active in falsifying facts and prequalifying situations in relation to Venezuela, only to attack the country's sovereignty and self-determination with lies, falsifications, disinformation and manipulations.

With this performance, typical of the formulas of judicial colonialism, the Office of the High Commissioner not only violates the Charter of the United Nations, but also flagrantly violates the obligations contained in the Letter of Understanding signed with Venezuela and in Resolution 48/141 of the UN General Assembly, according to which the High Commissioner has the duty to “respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and internal jurisdiction of States”.

Venezuela calls on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to resume respect for international legality, while reiterating its willingness to continue cooperating with international mechanisms for the protection of human rights, always on the basis of genuine dialogue and in strict adherence to the principles of objectivity, non-selectivity, impartiality, respect for sovereignty and non-interference in internal affairs.

Caracas, February 15, 2024

Mazo News Team