Venezuela

Personal Representative of the Secretary-General on the Border Controversy between Guyana and Venezuela Norman Girvan.
OAS

UN envoy meets with Ministers of Guyana, Venezuela to help resolve border dispute

21 October 2013
A United Nations envoy has presented a plan to move forward the long-standing border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.
Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
UN Photo

UN warns of negative effects of Venezuela’s withdrawal from rights convention

10 September 2013
The United Nations has expressed concern over Venezuela’s withdrawal from the American Human Rights Convention, which enters into force today, and stressed the move could have a negative impact on human rights not just inside the country but also in Latin America as a whole.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez addresses the UN General Assemly in 2001.
UN Photo/Susan Markisz

At General Assembly, UN officials laud Hugo Chávez’s commitment to social justice

13 March 2013
United Nations officials today lauded the commitment of Hugo Chávez to the cause of social justice, as the General Assembly paid tribute to the memory of the late President of Venezuela.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez addresses the UN General Assembly in 2009.
UN Photo/Erin Siegal

UN chief saddened by death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez

6 March 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was saddened by the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who died yesterday after struggling with cancer for almost two years.
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo.
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Venezuela must release judge who suffered sexual violence in jail – UN experts

14 February 2013
A group of United Nations experts today urged Venezuela to immediately release Judge María Lourdes Afiuni, who has been in detention for the past three years and was the victim of sexual violence and aggression during the time she was incarcerated.