- 9/23/2023
On the fifth day of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, takes the floor. The Venezuelan diplomat denounces the inaction of the United Nations in the face of the imperialist aggressions perpetrated by the Western powers and the US against Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, Eritrea, Nicaragua, Syria, Zimbabwe and other nations. teleSUR
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00:00 - Go back to the UN headquarters,
00:02 the foreign minister of Venezuela
00:05 delivers to the UN General Assembly.
00:08 - Secretary General of the organization.
00:17 Heads of delegations, ministers, ambassadors.
00:21 From the homeland of the liberator Simon Bolivar
00:27 and Commander Hugo Chavez, we convey warm regards
00:30 on behalf of the constitutional president
00:32 of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,
00:35 Nicolás Maduro Moros, and the entire Venezuelan people.
00:39 Allow us to congratulate you, Mr. President,
00:42 on your election.
00:43 We wish to express our solidarity
00:45 with the sister nations of Libya and Morocco
00:48 for the recent and painful loss of life
00:50 due to natural disasters.
00:52 President, 78 years ago,
00:57 at that historic moment when humanity,
01:00 having defeated fascism and Nazism,
01:03 envisioned the creation of a space
01:05 where dialogue among all states would prevail,
01:09 from which we could build global stability
01:11 and cooperation on the pillars of peace and security,
01:14 human rights, and sustainable development.
01:18 18 years ago, our Commander Hugo Chavez
01:22 stated on this stage, I quote,
01:26 "The United Nations has exhausted its model
01:29 "and is not simply a matter of reform.
01:32 "The 21st century demands profound changes
01:36 "that can only be achieved
01:38 "through a restructuring of this organization."
01:41 End of quote.
01:43 Painful as it is to acknowledge,
01:45 this statement remains relevant.
01:48 The United Nations has not fulfilled
01:50 its foundational purpose,
01:53 and we now face even more serious challenges.
01:57 The United Nations has not managed
01:59 to overcome the unilateralism of countries
02:01 that, by reproducing colonial and imperial logics,
02:05 seek to assert themselves above the principles
02:08 enshrined in this organization's founding charter.
02:12 The solution to the new and complex challenges
02:16 facing humanity today cannot be achieved
02:18 without consolidating inclusive multilateralism,
02:22 the democratization of international relations,
02:25 and a true multipolar system.
02:27 Today, we see how many agencies, programs,
02:32 and funds of the United Nations system
02:33 fail to fulfill their mandates
02:36 and end up being instrumentalized
02:38 by the interests of the United States of America
02:40 and its allies.
02:42 We must reform the organization
02:44 to make it a democratic institution
02:46 where all members have a voice
02:48 and participate in decision-making on equal terms.
02:53 It is essential to return to the practice of consensus,
02:57 including within this General Assembly,
02:59 which presupposes ending the zero-sum mentality
03:03 and instead promoting a win-win vision
03:07 that allows us to effectively address
03:10 collective interests through cooperation,
03:13 tolerance, and understanding.
03:17 It is equally necessary to advance
03:19 with the reform of the Security Council
03:21 to correct historical imbalances
03:23 and provide greater representation
03:26 to our mother Africa in that important body.
03:29 The United Nations cannot continue to operate as it is.
03:35 How many more resolutions must this General Assembly adopt
03:39 to put an end once and for all
03:40 to the criminal blockade against our sister Cuba?
03:44 How many more resolutions must this General Assembly
03:46 or the Security Council itself,
03:48 whose decisions are legally binding,
03:50 approve for the rights of Palestine
03:53 to be truly respected as a free and independent state?
03:57 We wonder how many more summits will be necessary
04:00 to confirm the noncompliance with commitments made,
04:04 particularly in the field of development.
04:07 How much more time must pass
04:10 for us to realize that under the current system,
04:13 it is impossible to achieve
04:15 the goals we have set for ourselves?
04:17 Since the year 2000, when we agreed
04:19 on the now-extinct Millennium Development Goals,
04:23 no less than 30 summits convened by the United Nations
04:27 have taken place.
04:28 It is crucial to move forward without further delay
04:33 regarding the reform
04:34 of the international financial architecture,
04:37 including the governance and decision-making methods
04:40 of the Bretton Woods institutions,
04:44 which serve the interests of a minority of wealthy countries
04:48 and they also politicize them to exert pressure
04:50 and domination over sovereign nations.
04:54 The restructuring of the United Nations
04:56 involves settling the historic debt of decolonization.
05:00 Our peoples were victims
05:02 of the crimes of colonization and slavery.
05:05 A just future is only possible if reparations are made
05:10 for the recognition, justice, and development
05:12 of historically affected populations.
05:16 We also reiterate our strong support
05:18 for Argentina, Mauritius, and the Comoros
05:22 in their sovereignty disputes over the Falkland Islands,
05:25 the Chagat Archipelago, and Mayotte Island, respectively,
05:29 as well as for the heroic peoples of Palestine,
05:32 Puerto Rico, and Western Sahara,
05:35 with whom we firmly stand in their just claim
05:39 for their inalienable right to self-determination
05:42 and the realization of the legitimate national aspirations.
05:46 President, in recent hours,
05:49 very worrisome events have taken place.
05:53 The government of the United States of America,
05:55 believing itself to be the sovereign of our continent
05:58 under the pretext of the illegal Monroe Doctrine,
06:00 has once again intervened in a territorial dispute
06:03 that has lasted for over 200 years
06:06 concerning our territory of Guayana Esquiba.
06:09 The origin of this controversy
06:10 lies in the dispossession of our territory
06:12 by the British Empire during the height of its violence
06:16 in the 19th century.
06:18 The imperialist aggression was fraudulently imposed
06:22 by the powers of the time in 1899.
06:25 Today, the government of the United States of America
06:29 seeks to appropriate our oil resources
06:32 by using the company ExxonMobil,
06:35 which has incorporated the government of Guayana
06:37 into its ranks.
06:39 Guayana is granting oil concessions
06:41 in an undiminuted maritime territory
06:43 in total violation of international law.
06:46 Unilateral disposal of a disputed territory
06:50 is not permissible,
06:52 but the government of the Cooperative Republic of Guayana
06:56 persists in its illegal conduct.
06:58 We denounce the fact that the government
07:01 of the United States of America
07:02 intends to militarize the situation.
07:05 The Southern Command seeks to establish a military base
07:08 in the contested territory
07:10 with the aim of creating a spearhead
07:11 in its aggression against Venezuela
07:13 and consolidating the plunder of our energy resources.
07:17 Two days ago, the National Assembly of Venezuela
07:20 unanimously decided to call upon our people
07:23 to participate in a consultative referendum
07:26 to reaffirm the defense of our sovereign territory
07:29 in the face of the aggression of the American Empire,
07:32 which seeks to lead us into a war over natural resources.
07:37 The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
07:38 reaffirms its commitment to peace,
07:40 but also its firm determination to safeguard its sovereignty
07:44 and territorial integrity.
07:46 Mr. President, the protection of cyberspace,
07:51 the fight against cybercrime,
07:52 the regulation of new information technologies,
07:55 social media, and artificial intelligence
07:57 must become a strategic priority for the United Nations.
08:02 If we truly advocate for the defense of human rights
08:06 and democratic principles,
08:08 we must promote fair and equitable regulation
08:11 that prevents the concentration of these new tools
08:14 in the hands of a few, driven by their interests and control.
08:19 We cannot accept the use of these new technologies
08:22 to destabilize legitimate governments
08:23 and destroy social harmony and peace.
08:26 Our country has serious and legitimate concerns
08:31 in this regard.
08:33 Given the destabilization, espionage, sabotage,
08:37 and cyberattacks that have been carried out in recent years
08:40 against the banking sector, the electrical system,
08:43 the oil industry, and national healthcare systems.
08:46 To reclaim the founding spirit of the United Nations,
08:51 hate speech and practices must be mitigated.
08:55 And attempts by some sectors to promote racist,
09:00 discriminatory, and xenophobic trends
09:03 must be unequivocally rejected.
09:04 These trends seek to revive and even glorify ideologies
09:08 we thought we were overcome, such as fascism,
09:13 Nazism, neo-Nazism, white supremacism,
09:15 and nationalist radicalisms.
09:17 Whilst these phenomena have their main manifestations
09:22 in Europe and the United States of America,
09:24 our own region of Latin America and the Caribbean
09:26 has not been exempt from such episodes.
09:30 Fifty years ago, a just man who dared to speak great truths
09:34 from this very podium and called on us to work
09:37 for a fairer international economic order,
09:39 the Mata President Salvador Allende,
09:43 was assassinated by fascists
09:45 acting on behalf of transnational capital interests.
09:48 In more recent times, political extremism
09:52 and the culture of hatred driven by similar interests
09:55 promoted an attack on our head of state
09:58 and government in 2018, a failed attack,
10:01 as well as an assassination attempt on our colleague,
10:04 Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner,
10:06 Vice President of the Republic of Argentina.
10:09 This has added to attempts to disregard
10:11 the democratic will of the Brazilian people
10:13 earlier this year and the recent developments
10:17 in the sister Republic of Ecuador.
10:19 With double standards, those who claim to defend freedoms
10:25 become persecutors.
10:27 Those who claim to defend democracy
10:30 activate mechanisms of political persecution
10:32 to reverse democratic processes
10:35 or to restrict freedom of expression,
10:37 as in the case of Julian Assange,
10:40 who remains a political target of those
10:42 who cannot forgive him for revealing
10:44 the true nature of imperialist interventionism.
10:48 We also reject the persecution of diplomats,
10:53 a clear violation of the Vienna Convention,
10:55 as in the case of our diplomat, Alex Saab,
10:57 who was illegally kidnapped by the government
11:01 of the United States of America.
11:02 We demand his immediate release.
11:05 This type of persecution jeopardizes the security
11:08 and integrity of all diplomatic envoys worldwide,
11:11 regardless of their nationality.
11:13 From the UN, we call on all countries
11:16 to reject this nefarious practice.
11:19 President, the current crisis of global leadership,
11:24 including within this very organization,
11:26 coupled with the polarization prevailing in our world,
11:29 exacerbates the current global crisis
11:31 and threatens to solidify a Cold War mentality
11:35 in international relations,
11:38 based on confrontation, deepening of divisions,
11:40 and the imposition of divergent visions and agendas.
11:43 An example of this is the irresponsible provocations
11:48 by the most powerful military force in the world,
11:50 which, by dividing the world into power blocks,
11:53 exacerbates conflicts,
11:55 leading humanity into an arms race
11:57 that can only result in the destruction of life
12:00 on the planet.
12:02 Let us measure how much has been invested in armaments
12:05 and how much in promoting spaces for diplomacy and dialogue,
12:09 and we will painfully realize how many opportunities
12:12 to save lives have been lost.
12:14 We express our concern at the rapid increase
12:18 in military spending in recent months,
12:22 reaching levels unseen in recent generations.
12:24 This is, then, a new and alarming arms race
12:30 that diverts resources
12:31 that would have greater benefits for humanity
12:34 if they were used not only in financing development agendas
12:36 or fighting poverty,
12:38 but also in addressing the food crisis
12:41 and the climate crisis that currently threaten the world.
12:44 We support the proposal of Colombian President
12:48 Gustavo Petro to convene a World Conference for Peace
12:52 in Ukraine and in Palestine.
12:55 We call for addressing these issues
12:58 in a balanced and cautious manner,
13:00 reducing tensions and promoting confidence-building measures,
13:04 not only in the Eastern European region,
13:07 but also on the Korean Peninsula and in Western Asia.
13:10 We are confident that this will create a conducive environment
13:14 for the success of diplomatic efforts for peace.
13:17 Venezuela is committed to the Declaration of Latin America
13:20 and the Caribbean as a zone of peace.
13:22 We actively participate in the reconciliation process
13:26 in the Republic of Colombia,
13:28 convinced that the achievement of total peace
13:30 for our sisters and brothers
13:32 will contribute to the consolidation of regional peace.
13:35 Mr. President, the world still faces a major pandemic,
13:41 the pernicious effects of an aggressive policy
13:44 manifested in the recent past.
13:46 Manifested in the illegal imposition
13:48 of unilateral coercive measures against a third of humanity.
13:51 These so-called sanctions violate all norms of international law
13:57 and the purposes and principles
13:58 enshrined in the United Nations Charter
14:00 and constitute mass violations of human rights
14:03 for millions of people.
14:04 These measures are applied precisely by those
14:08 who then present themselves as champions of human rights.
14:15 They are also a deliberate attack
14:17 on the right development of entire peoples
14:20 and an impediment to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda,
14:24 which has been discussed so much throughout this week.
14:28 These illegal measures have created a crisis
14:31 in the system of international relations,
14:33 and we demand their complete, immediate,
14:36 and unconditional lifting.
14:38 It is unacceptable for our peoples
14:42 who daily resist the effects of a criminal blockade policy
14:45 for this General Assembly to attempt to ignore
14:48 in its political documents such an outrage.
14:51 Therefore, we cannot endorse any declaration
14:55 that ignores or omits this pivotal issue
14:58 for the lives and existence
15:00 of hundreds of millions of human beings.
15:02 How much our countries could improve
15:07 the quality of life for our peoples,
15:08 could eradicate hunger or cure diseases
15:10 if we were allowed to fully develop our capacities
15:13 based on our vast potential.
15:15 The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
15:19 has been a victim of a cruel policy of aggression and siege.
15:23 More than 930 unilateral coercive measures
15:27 have been imposed on our country
15:29 by the government of the United States of America
15:33 and its accomplices.
15:34 These illegal measures have caused great pain
15:38 and suffering for our people,
15:40 with economic losses amounting to over $232 billion,
15:44 a steep drop in our GDP
15:48 and the confiscation of billions of dollars
15:50 in sovereign resources
15:51 held in the international financial system,
15:54 including 31 tons of gold seized by the British government
16:00 in the Bank of England.
16:01 Not even the COVID-19 pandemic was reason enough
16:06 to lift these illegal measures.
16:10 Today, we face a new generation of more cruel
16:13 and destructive unilateral coercive measures
16:16 that affect access to vaccines, food
16:19 and other essential goods and services,
16:21 turning these atrocities into true crimes against humanity.
16:25 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
16:30 has recommended the suspension and lifting
16:33 of any harmful unilateral coercive measures
16:36 on human rights.
16:38 Venezuela demands the complete, immediate
16:41 and unconditional end to all illegal policies of sanctions
16:45 and economic, commercial and financial blockades
16:48 to which Venezuela, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua,
16:53 Syria, Zimbabwe and other sister nations,
16:56 which have successfully navigated
16:59 these imperialist imperial policies
17:01 with determination and commitment.
17:04 We thank all the people of Venezuela
17:07 and we thank all the peoples of this world
17:09 and so many sister nations that have called
17:12 for the lifting of sanctions from platforms
17:14 such as the community of Latin American and Caribbean states,
17:17 the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America,
17:19 People's Trade Treaty, the Caribbean community,
17:21 the Southern African Development Community
17:23 and each of the countries in this very chamber
17:25 that have demanded the lifting of sanctions.
17:28 This demonstrates that Venezuela has never been alone.
17:31 Without the obstacle of unilateral coercive measures,
17:35 Venezuela is prepared to be part of the solution
17:38 to the crisis, particularly in the areas
17:40 of food security and energy.
17:43 President, we propose the establishment
17:48 of a zone free of unilateral coercive measures
17:52 in which we can conduct our financial transactions
17:55 and interbank payments, allowing us to guarantee
17:59 direct investments and legal trade between our nations
18:02 without risks or arbitrary or punitive impediments
18:06 by Western powers.
18:08 Nevertheless, despite the difficulties and aggression,
18:12 our government's commitment to eradicating poverty,
18:15 achieving social justice and fully enjoying all human rights
18:19 as well as our commitment to the sister peoples
18:21 of our Latin America and the world is unwavering.
18:23 Despite the attacks, aggressions, siege and looting
18:29 resulting from unilateral coercive measures,
18:31 the Venezuelan economy has begun a process of recovery
18:34 with projected growth figures far surpassing
18:36 those of other countries in our region,
18:38 as highlighted by the Economic Commission
18:41 for Latin America and the Caribbean
18:43 and other specialized organizations.
18:45 These results, achieved through our own efforts,
18:49 have made us a regional benchmark for economic growth
18:52 whilst never neglecting the essentials,
18:56 protecting our people through social investment.
19:00 President, we are facing an existential climate catastrophe
19:05 for millions of people, especially for our brothers
19:09 and sisters from small island developing states,
19:11 both in the Caribbean and in the Pacific.
19:14 The effects of years of climate injustice
19:18 marked by unsustainable patterns of consumption
19:20 and production have accelerated in recent years.
19:23 Libya has been one of the most recent victims
19:28 of the impacts of climate change,
19:29 which has also affected our country
19:31 with floods and record temperatures in recent months.
19:36 In renewing our firm commitment
19:39 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
19:42 and the Paris Agreement,
19:43 we insist on the need to ensure adequate funding
19:46 for the Loss and Damage Fund,
19:48 always bearing in mind the principles of common
19:51 but differentiated responsibilities and equity.
19:54 We know that the resources exist where they are
19:59 and who has them.
20:00 As Comandante Chavez said 14 years ago,
20:03 let's not change the climate, let's change the system.
20:05 President, in the face of the economic and financial crisis
20:09 that particularly affects developing countries,
20:11 we need a new model for the mechanisms of global governance
20:15 where the global south has fair access
20:18 to international financing.
20:20 Until there is a true and effective reform
20:23 of the multilateral system in the financial sphere,
20:26 the sustainable development goals,
20:28 the subject of this meeting,
20:29 are destined to be unfulfilled.
20:32 Debt is an essential problem for developing countries
20:36 and there is little hope that things will improve soon
20:39 if the current system is not radically changed.
20:42 The World Bank, the IMF and Western credit institutions,
20:48 while charging low interest rates to their friends,
20:52 burden developing countries with unpayable interest rates,
20:57 which some experts have termed a criminal financial apartheid.
21:01 This neo-colonialist scheme of plunder and dependence
21:05 must be rooted out.
21:07 President, among the major challenges facing humanity today
21:12 within the framework of this global systemic crisis
21:15 and where this organization has a fundamental role to play
21:18 is the phenomenon of international migration.
21:20 We cannot allow migrants to be stigmatized and criminalized.
21:27 President Nicolas Maduro Moros requests the support
21:31 of the United Nations to hold an international conference
21:34 in Venezuela without exclusions,
21:36 to reach joint agreements and commitments
21:38 to address the phenomenon of migratory flows
21:41 from a comprehensive and humanistic perspective.
21:44 A true international commitment to guarantee
21:46 the rights of migrants to citizenship,
21:48 identification, dignified work, social security,
21:52 and the respect for their dignity.
21:54 President, free peoples are building a new world order.
21:58 This new multipolar and multilateral world
22:03 of peace and economic prosperity, free from hegemony,
22:06 anchored in the United Nations Charter
22:08 must be based on the values of true multilateralism,
22:11 international cooperation, and solidarity.
22:15 In this regard, we recognize the contribution
22:18 of the BRICS group, which Venezuela aspires to join,
22:22 to the current global geopolitics
22:24 and the democratization of international relations.
22:27 We also applaud the efforts of countries
22:29 that contribute to dialogue, understanding,
22:33 global peace, and common progress,
22:35 such as the People's Republic of China.
22:37 Venezuela supports its global development initiative,
22:41 its global security initiative,
22:43 and its global civilization initiative.
22:46 It is through common efforts,
22:49 with the spirit of complementarity,
22:51 solidarity, and cooperation,
22:53 that we can change the course
22:55 towards a common destiny of prosperity
22:56 and stability for all of humanity.
22:58 It is up to us to save the system
23:01 of international relations from the threats
23:03 that currently loom over it.
23:05 It is up to us to preserve the principles
23:07 of the United Nations Charter,
23:09 on which international law is based.
23:12 And it is up to us to make the dreams
23:14 of peace and security, sustainable development,
23:17 and human rights for our peoples a reality.
23:20 Aware of this historic task,
23:22 Venezuela, together with a group of countries
23:24 from various regions of the world,
23:25 undertook the task of building a platform
23:27 from which all responsible members
23:29 of the international community can be mobilized
23:31 to preserve, promote, and strengthen
23:34 the founding treaty of our organization.
23:36 Thus, two years ago, the Group of Friends
23:41 in Defense of the United Nations Charter was born.
23:43 It has now positioned itself as a key actor
23:46 in various intergovernmental processes
23:48 taking place in this multilateral forum.
23:51 As our President Nicolás Maduro said
23:54 a few weeks ago at the BRICS+ Summit,
23:56 "Definitively, unity is what makes strength,
24:01 and that united strength promotes
24:03 a new global relationship paradigm
24:05 and promotes a new 21st century global geopolitics."
24:09 Let us work together so that the United Nations
24:13 also becomes an organization that responds
24:15 to the needs of people around the world
24:17 and to the needs of peoples for this century.
24:21 Much has been said about Venezuela in recent years.
24:25 Much disinformation has been spread
24:27 through major media corporations and social networks
24:30 about the reality of what is happening in our country.
24:33 Many attempts have been made to sew a media matrix
24:38 through so-called fake news,
24:39 with the aim of deploying humanitarian intervention
24:43 in our country in flagrant violation of our sovereignty.
24:47 Thanks to our Bolivarian diplomacy of peace
24:49 under the leadership of President Nicolás Maduro Moros,
24:52 the truth about Venezuela has always prevailed
24:55 and resonated strongly within the United Nations.
24:58 Today, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
25:01 is in complete peace and tranquility.
25:05 Dialogue has been a permanent policy
25:07 of the Bolivarian revolution and has prevailed
25:09 as the only option on the table
25:11 to resolve differences within our nation
25:14 without foreign interference or tutelage of any kind,
25:16 all within the framework of our national constitution.
25:19 We have been, are, and will always be a country
25:23 open to respectful debate among equals.
25:26 President, those who attempted to subjugate our people
25:36 through economic terrorism, hunger, disease,
25:39 foreign invasion, the thwarted assassination
25:43 of our head of state and government,
25:44 and the imposition of fictitious entities
25:47 to promote a regime change agenda
25:50 and facilitate the theft of national assets
25:52 have failed miserably.
25:54 Dozens of countries took an ill-conceived and clumsy stance
25:59 which unfortunately left them ridiculed
26:03 in the face of history.
26:05 Together, the vast majority of those countries,
26:07 with few exceptions, have overcome
26:09 the uncomfortable episode
26:10 and have returned to the path of diplomacy
26:12 and understanding among equals.
26:15 In Venezuela, we stand tall, fighting alongside our people,
26:20 with unity among all sectors of the country
26:24 and heading towards a new electoral process
26:26 in which, despite the campaigns
26:28 that have already been launched to discredit it or question it,
26:31 we are confident will result in new popular victories
26:35 based on the sovereign will of the Venezuelan people.
26:38 Once again, in 2024, we will go to the polling stations
26:42 in a civic and massive manner to reiterate support
26:45 for the Bolivarian revolutionary and socialist project
26:48 initiated by the internal commander,
26:50 Commander Hugo Chavez-Frias.
26:53 Allow me to conclude by reiterating
26:55 that Venezuela remains determined
26:56 to do the master of its destiny and to exercise its sovereignty,
26:59 determined to continue consolidating its independence
27:03 and its right to live in peace.
27:05 Our nation and our people do not yield,
27:07 nor will ever yield to pressure, blackmail or threats,
27:10 and will continue to be free.
27:12 Today, we find ourselves with a high morale
27:14 and a high level of awareness and unity
27:16 to continue advancing in the construction
27:18 of a homeland of social justice, solidarity and inclusion,
27:22 inspired by our liberators and the permanent will of a people
27:25 that does not surrender and will never surrender,
27:27 determined to continue winning in revolution.
27:31 Thank you very much, President.
27:33 (Applause.)
27:34 I thank the Minister of the People's Power.
27:37 We were listening to the statements
27:38 of the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister,
27:41 Ivan Hill, who was speaking at the 78th
27:43 General Assembly of the United Nations.
27:46 The Venezuelan Foreign Minister expressed Venezuela's condolences
27:50 to the people of Libya and Morocco
27:51 after the devastating natural disaster
27:53 that hit those two nations.
27:55 He also said the UN has not been able to succeed in its purpose
27:59 and has not been able to stand against unilateralism.
28:03 The foreign minister added that the organization
28:04 must be reformed so that all member states
28:07 can have a say and a voice in the decision-making process
28:11 of the organization,
28:12 so that it's no longer a tool that is used by the United States
28:16 and its allies to implement their will and foreign policies.
28:20 The foreign minister condemned the U.S.
28:22 blockade against Cuba and supported
28:24 the right of the Palestinian people
28:27 to an independent state,
28:29 to have their own nation as Jerusalem as their capital.
28:33 Ivan Hill also denounced the theft
28:37 of Venezuela's energy resources by the U.S.
28:40 and also condemned the interventionist policies
28:43 of the U.S. in the region
28:45 that cement division between the people
28:47 and, of course, condemned all unilateral coercive measures
28:52 that harm most of all the people of Venezuela and the region,
28:55 and also condemned the imprisonment of diplomats
29:00 exiled by the United States and demanded his immediate release,
29:04 and supported Colombia's total peace policies
29:06 enacted by the administration of Gustavo Petro.
29:09 Stay tuned with Telesor English for more updates
29:12 on what is going on at the U.N. headquarters.
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