Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab (left) and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet (right) at a meeting at the Office of the Attorney General in Caracas, Venezuela, in June 2019. File photo.
The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, has held a meeting with representatives of the international team of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet.
The meeting took place on Thursday, June 2, as was reported by Attorney General Saab. He specified that the Office of the Attorney General and the United Nations are making progress in guaranteeing the protection and defense of human rights in Venezuela.
“At the headquarters of the Office of the Attorney General, a positive evaluation and coordination meeting was held with the international team of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet,” wrote Saab on Twitter. “We have advanced on issues of security and defense of human rights.”
#TRABAJO… en la sede del Ministerio Público positiva #reunión de #evaluación y #coordinación con el equipo internacional de la Alta Comisionada de los Derechos Humanos de la ONU @mbachelet… avanzando en temas de protección y defensa de los Derechos Humanos pic.twitter.com/znWZZf4TA8
— Tarek William Saab (@TarekWiliamSaab) June 2, 2022
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High Commissioner Bachelet’s office has maintained coordination with Venezuelan authorities and have made recommendations to guarantee human rights of Venezuelans.
Despite the biased reports which have been published by Bachellet’s office in the past, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has stated that his government will continue to cooperate with the UN multilateral body.
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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