If I may, I should like to begin this statement by expressing the most categorical rejection by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela of atrocity crimes, regardless of where, when or by whom committed.
As a State party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and t…
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.
The challenges on the global agenda for 2024 are complex, perhaps even more so than in previous years. We are facing a global multifaceted crisis,…
We align ourselves with the statement made by the representative of Uganda on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (see A/78/PV.74).
When the United Nations endorsed the partition of Palestine in 1947, the plan called for the creation of two States — one Arab and one Jewish. The State of…
In line with our historic tradition, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms our unwavering commitment to combating impunity and ensuring for accountability for serious crimes, including crimes against humanity, which, given their brutality and magnitude, violate human dignity and the fundame…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations.
We are participating in this debate today as a result of the activation of the mechanism set out in resolution 76/262 following the negati…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Friends for the Defence of the Charter of the United Nations, whose member States, despite the circumstances that have forced us to be gathered in this Hall today, appreciate the convening of this plenary…
A little more than two weeks ago we were in this very Hall to have an exchange with the Secretary-General on his priorities for 2024 (see A/78/PV.54). If anything was clear then, it was the need for the United Nations to rediscover its reason for being. That reason is none other than the continuous …
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.
The global process of the emergence of a new and truly equitable system of international relations is now under way, and the unipolar order contin…
With regard to the resolutions under sub-item (c) of agenda item 71, on the human rights situation in specific countries, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as a principled position, reiterates its alignment with the statement made on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and with the p…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is not party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Therefore, its norms are not applicable when it comes to conventional law or customary law, except for those that the Venezuelan State has recognized or will recognize in the future, by…
Venezuela thanks the Russian Federation for introducing the resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (resolution 78/190).
We believe that th…
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.
The Group of Friends considers the humanitarian and disaster relief assistance provided by the United Nations, including special economic assista…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is not a State party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Managemen…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to be taking the floor on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations.
Sustainable Development Goal 3, on good health and well-being, calls on us to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being at all ages, as a k…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela strongly condemns the Israeli aggression against the civilian population in the occupied Palestinian territories, which is an operation aimed at achieving the mass expulsion of an entire people in order to annex their territory to the colonial Power. It is yet an…
At the outset, we should like to thank President Francis for convening this plenary debate to discuss a matter to which our country attaches particular importance. We also take this opportunity to congratulate the Permanent Representatives of Austria and Kuwait on their appointment as co-Chairs of t…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela appreciates the convening of this plenary meeting to address an issue to which our delegation attaches particular importance. We also extend our warm greetings to His Excellency Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, w…
We thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for presenting (see A/78/PV.21) the report (see A/78/322), of which we have taken due note. Through the report, we were able to become familiar with the legal activities conducted by the institution in compliance with its mandate, incl…
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. We have taken note of the report on the work of the Human Rights Council (A/78/53 and A/78/53/Add.1), submitted by its President to the General Assembly pur…
Allow us, first of all, to thank the Secretary-General for the presentation of
the reports contained in documents A/78/234, A/78/291 and A/78/309, of which we have taken due note.
For centuries, and despite its immense potential in various areas, our Mother Africa has historically faced many chall…
