Thank you very much, President.
History is ours and it is made by the people and this is a quote from Salvador Allende.
Venezuela, just like the majority of members of this Council, does not recognise the mandates which are imposed on countries under selective politicised criterion, under double standards.
Some countries insist on turning this Council into an instrument of coercion and blackmail, into a sort of inquisition tribunal against the peoples and governments of the Global South.
In this way, the Council is destined to suffer the same fate as the now extinct Human Rights Commission President in 2019.
The United States regime, the biggest violator of human rights in history, as well as the European Union and the extinct Lima Group put forward this resolution in order to apply what they called maximum pressure on Venezuela through the manipulation of the instruments and purposes of this Council.
What they sought to do was imposed a failed doctrine of regime change that began by recognising a fantasy entering government, sworn in in a public square, not elected by anyone, without any palopia support, which was not required to be accountable, but which nevertheless justified the overthrowing of a popular government that the Washington regime did not like.
President, 94% of the Co sponsors of this resolution recognised this fantasy, entering government without any accountability and without any election being held.
Is there in fact any doubt about the extent of politicisation of this document?
Is there still any doubt that it's objective is not human rights?
I would urge you to review the list of countries that support this resolution, where you will in fact find the names of the main ones responsible for invasions and coup d'etat that occurred in Chile, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Grenada, Panama, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and very many more.
Who was it who planned and carried out these invasions?
Do they really care about human rights?
If that is indeed so, why then the silence and complicity about the genocide in Palestine?
Dear members of Council, given this track record, can Western countries truly give moral and human rights lessons to countries of the Global South?
President, the budget foreseen for the 2 terms of the mandate in this resolution is 8.9 million U.S.
This being so, this document interfering document represents a daily expenditure of more than 12,000 U.S.
dollars per day for two years.
How can we allow this Council to ensure that there is such wasted on politicised mandates that don't produce any significant advancements in terms of human rights cooperation?
We believe that we do not recognise imposed resolutions and voting against this political document denounces historic injustice against people of the global S.
