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 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 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,…
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…
I will deliver an abridged version of my statement on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations. I have the honour to speak on behalf of the delegations of Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Equato…
It is an honour to participate in this debate on the culture of peace. Aware of all that it represents — dialogue, understanding, cooperation, respect and tolerance for diversity — a culture of peace is fundamental to the prevention of conflicts and the strengthening of the stability and sustainab…
We thank the General Assembly for having accepted the credentials of our delegation as the sole and legitimate representatives of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. That decision is a recognition of the sovereign will of our people to elect their leaders in peace, as well as our inalienable right…
It is an honour for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to take the floor on behalf of the delegations of Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nicaragua, the State…
We appreciate the holding of this joint debate in the middle of such serious circumstances, and we support the statement made by the representative of Azerbaijan on behalf of the 120 States members of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (see A/75/PV.67).
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela conde…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is committed to the respect, promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. We therefore reject the commission of crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing while reiterating the central role of the State as the gua…
We thank the General Assembly for accepting the credentials of our delegation as the sole legitimate representatives of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. That decision is an acknowledgment of the sovereign will of our people to elect their Government in peace. It is an acknowledgment of our righ…
On behalf of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros.
I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.