The permanent representative of Venezuela to the UN-Geneva, Héctor Constant, rejected on Thursday the unilateral coercive measures and economic, commercial or financial retaliation against the Russian Federation and the intolerance towards this strategic partner, while reiterating concern about the aggravation of the crisis in Ukraine.
This position of the South American country was established in the Urgent Debate on the situation of human rights in Ukraine, within the framework of the 49th Ordinary Session of the UN Human Rights Council, which takes place in the aforementioned city in Switzerland.
He pointed out that the imposition of unilateral coercive measures against the Russian Federation, far from helping to resolve the conflict, will intensify the crisis, undermining the enjoyment of the human rights of its people and of many other social sectors of the same countries that originate these illegal “sanctions”:
“International Law continues being violated with unilateral coercive measures that constitute a new form of war, which repeats, through the freezing of assets and bank accounts of countries, the criminal attitude of the filibusters of past centuries, more concerned with stealing gold than with save lives”, emphasized the Venezuelan Ambassador.
Likewise, he lamented during his speech that the current escalation, with the painful and terrible loss of life, originates from the breach of the Minsk Agreements under the encouragement of the United States of America: “The permanent expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) towards Eastern Europe, combined with a progressive hostile attitude towards Russia and its territorial integrity, added unavoidable threats”, said Constant.
The Permanent Representative to the UN Geneva stressed that Venezuela has always condemned the perverse tendency towards unilateral and hegemonic visions of the world, which disregard the principles of diplomacy, organize invasions with total impunity and promote media shields that limit freedom of expression and manipulate opinions. and emotions to increase xenophobia and hate speech:
“We are also ashamed that in this, the common house of human rights of the United Nations, a euphoria of intolerance is exercised against the Russian Federation or any other country”, condemned the Bolivarian diplomat.
Finally, Ambassador Héctor Constant reiterated the call to resume effective dialogue between the Parties and to avoid any escalation, to cease war propaganda and intolerance speech: “Only through diplomacy, dialogue and contention, without pressure or sanctions, can we advance in the peaceful resolution of the conflict”, he assured.
