With 30 votes in favor, 15 against and 2 abstentions, the Human Rights Council of the United Nations Organization, within the framework of its 46th session, approved the resolution on the negative repercussions of coercive measures Unilateral in the enjoyment of human rights, which urges States to eliminate, stop adopting, maintain or apply these sanctions that are contrary to international law and the UN Charter.
On this achievement of multi-lateralism, the People’s Power Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, pronounced in his account in the Social Network Twitter: “Today was approved in the UN Human Rights Council the resolution on the negative impact of unilateral sanctions In the enjoyment of Human Rights.
It is as obvious its impact, that by Elemental Ethics, the countries that voted against should lose their seat in the Council”.
Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Great Britain, Netherlands and Poland are part of the group of States that denied their vote to the draft resolution proposed by China, the State of Palestine and Azerbaijan, on behalf of the Non-aligned Countries Movement (NAM), except Colombia and Peru.
The approved resolution argues that unilateral coercive measures are contrary to international law, international humanitarian law, to the Charter of the United Nations and the Standards and Principles that regulate peaceful relations between States, it is also strongly opposed to the extraterritorial nature of these Measures, which threaten the sovereignty of the States.
In this sense, it urges the Member States and the relevant United Nations agencies to adopt concrete measures to mitigate the negative implications of unilateral coercive measures in humanitarian assistance.
Within the considerations, the Human Rights Council expressed deep concern on that, despite the resolutions that it has approved in this regard, as well as the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights, and in contravention of the provisions of International Law and of The UN Charter, “Are still being promulgated, applied and enforced unilateral coercive measures, with all the negative consequences they have for social and humanitarian activities, and the economic and social development of the least developed countries and developing countries”.
The resolution is requested from the UN Secretary-General to provide the necessary assistance to the Special Rapporteur and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to carry out the mandates effectively, making available human resources and adequate materials.
In the preliminary report on her visit to Venezuela at the beginning of last February, the UN Special Rapporteur, Alena Douhan, noted that unilateral coercive measures have had a devastating impact on the enjoyment of the human rights of the Venezuelan people and urged his Immediate suspension.
