Venezuela

Jorge Arreaza, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-second session.
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In UN address, Venezuela decries effects of capitalism as enemy of Mother Nature

25 September 2017
Echoing the sentiments of other speakers from the Latin American and Caribbean, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela told the United Nations today that countries in the region are suffering extreme weather and climate catastrophes due to rampant consumption and consumerism in which they played no part.
Secretary-General António Guterres addresses journalists at a press conference at UN Headquarters (file).
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Ahead of talks on Venezuela, UN chief voices support for political solution

12 September 2017
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today expressed his full support for a new initiative to negotiate a political solution to the situation in Venezuela.
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations, High Commissioner for Human Rights at the 36th session of the Human Rights Council.
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Myanmar violence may be “textbook" ethnic cleansing: Zeid

11 September 2017
General News

States which commit “the most egregious violations” should be excluded from the Human Rights Council, while violence in Myanmar may be “textbook…ethnic cleansing”, the UN’s top rights official said on Monday.

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UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad Hussein, who said that policies pursued by Venezuela's government had been at the cost of citizens' rights and freedoms.
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Rights chief Zeid to call for action on Venezuela

30 August 2017
General News

Democracy in Venezuela is “barely alive" and UN Member States should help prevent the situation from worsening, the UN’s rights chief said on Wednesday.

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Venezuela violence "shows no signs of abating," UN rights office says

8 August 2017
General News

Protesters in Venezuela have reported being shot at with nuts and bolts at close range by security forces amid what the UN on Tuesday called the “widespread and systematic” use of force during anti-Government demonstrations.

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Protesters in La Castellana, a neighborhood in eastern Caracas, Venezuela.
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Venezuela: UN urges Government and opposition to relaunch political talks

8 August 2017
Concerned that recent developments in Venezuela could lead to further escalation of tensions and hamper a peaceful solution to the crisis, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres again today urged the Government and the opposition to relaunch negotiations for the benefit of the Venezuelan people.
Protesters in La Castellana, a neighborhood in eastern Caracas.
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UN chief urges Venezuelans to ease tensions and engage in negotiations

7 August 2017
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is closely following recent developments in Venezuela, his Spokesperson told reporters today.
Protesters in La Castellana, a neighborhood in eastern Caracas, Venezuela.
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Venezuela: UN rights chief 'deeply concerned' by detention of opposition leaders

1 August 2017
The top United Nations human rights official today expressed deep concern about the detention of two opposition leaders by Venezuelan authorities after Sunday's elections for a Constituent Assembly convened by President Nicolás Maduro.
Protesters in La Castellana, a neighborhood in eastern Caracas.
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Venezuela: UN rights office urges all parties to refrain from violence amid protests over weekend polls

31 July 2017
The United Nations human rights office has expressed regret that at least 10 people died in Venezuela over the weekend amid clashes between security forces and protestors opposing the Constituent Assembly elections, a spokesman for the Secretary-General said today.
Shoppers wait in line for five hours to buy a ration of bread from a small bakery in Cumaná, Venezuela.
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Venezuela: UN rights wing urges calm ahead of controversial weekend polls

28 July 2017
The United Nations human rights office expressed deep concern today at the risk of further violence in Venezuela, where elections for a Constituent Assembly convened by President Nicolas Maduro are due to be held on Sunday.