Before coming to the substance of our statement, we consider it necessary to make an institutional clarification. We note with concern that an attempt is being made to present to the Security Council, as a supposed representative of civil society, a person whose public career trajectory has been mar…
The Government of the United States of America is recalcitrant in its stance of disregard for international law and overt mendacity vis-à-vis the state of affairs in Venezuela. What does a Venezuelan oil tanker have to do with drugs? Absolutely nothing. What is more, it is preposterous to think that…
One of the countries sitting at this table has publicly stated that it wants to annex our country. Its President demanded, on 16 December, that we immediately hand over our land, our oil and our minerals, because they supposedly belong to that country. He said that if we did not comply with his ulti…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations.
Eighty years ago in San Francisco, nations scarred by war chose dialogue and diplomacy over domination, and solidarity and cooperation over divisi…
What has just happened is precisely an example of my entire statement. The representative of the United States made accusations against our President without any evidence. We have never seen any evidence.
There were accusations against all our armed forces, against all our people. He declares that …
We have come before the Security Council to issue a condemnation of the utmost gravity — one that sounds the alarm about a series of actions that are threatening the peace and security of not only our nation but also that of the entire Latin American and Caribbean region.
For years, the United Stat…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour of speaking on behalf of the Group
In response to Israel’s heinous attack against the Islamic Republic of Iran, launched on 13 June 2025, the member States of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations issued a special co…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to be taking the floor on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations, whose Member States have noted the most recent report of the Human Rights Council (A/79/53 and A/79/53/Add.1), which has just been presented p…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to thank the Secretary-General for his most recent report on the issue we are discussing today (A/79/80). We also extend our warmest regards to His Excellency Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, who is jo…
We would like to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the presentation of her report (see A/79/198).
Venezuela is committed to the respect, promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. Hence, we express our rejection of crimes against humanity,…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations.
Just as last year during the adoption of the political declarations resulting from the three high-level meetings of the General Assembly on health…
Before addressing the item before us in our statement, we would like to highlight that today marks one year since the most recent escalation of violence by the occupying Power against the civilian population of the State of Palestine. We would like to reiterate our full support to the brotherly Pale…
(spoke in Spanish): Over the past few days, we have heard two narratives in the General Assembly. One is the discourse of the oligarchs and their satellites, who seek to rule the world, and the other is that of the dignified peoples who are fighting for their sovereignty and independence.
The oliga…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations.
When we agreed on the modalities of the Summit for the Future, we were conscious that the challenges we were facing at that time, which have only …
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to take the floor on behalf of the delegations of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Syrian Arab Republic and my own country with regard to the motion for no action that was introduced by the representative of the Congo.
The procedural manoeuvre we…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela welcomes the adoption of resolution 78/329 by consensus, without a vote. The resolution, through which the Assembly decides to change the frequency with which the agenda item "Elimination of unilateral extraterritorial coercive economic measures as a means politi…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations, whose member States reaffirm their commitment to respecting, promoting and protecting all human rights and fundamental freedoms, to which they atta…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela feels obliged to take the floor to exercise our right of reply to the cynical comments made by the representative of the United States regime.
The principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of States, as contained in the Charter of the United Nations,…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations, whose States members would first like to express their appreciation for the convening of this historic debate on an issue to which they attach particular im…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is firmly committed to the preservation, promotion and defence of the Charter of the United Nations, and as a result, is unwavering in its commitment to the peaceful settlement of disputes, and supports all diplomatic efforts aimed at achieving that end.
With re…