Venezuela Rejects Human Rights Report Sent to Bachelet by “Independent Mission”
Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister, Jorge Arreaza, rejected on Wednesday the position of the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights of the United Nations (UN), who presented a report of an “independent” international investigative mission that works for the Human Rights Council, where the government of Venezuela was accused of committing crimes against humanity.
Through his Twitter account, the top diplomat said that the government of Nicolás Maduro has rejected a report plagued with falsehoods, “prepared remotely, without any methodological rigor, by a phantom mission directed against Venezuela and controlled by governments subordinate to Washington, illustrates the perverse practice of doing politics with human rights and not the politics of human rights,” he said. In turn, he stressed that they are trying to damage the relationship with the High Commissioner’s office.
1/2 Reiteramos que nuestra cooperación con el Consejo de DDHH de #ONU, se ha generado de manera coordinada y constructiva con la Oficina de la Alta Comisionada. Los avances han sido notorios y así lo ha reconocido la Sra @mbachelet al anunciar la renovación de nuestra relación.
— Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) September 16, 2020
He reiterated that Venezuela maintains cooperation with the UN Human Rights Council, and that until now information of interest to both has been generated in a coordinated and constructive manner with the Office of the High Commissioner.
2/3 Desde el 02 de diciembre de 2019 hemos afirmado que no reconocemos ningún mecanismo politizado e inquisidor, creado con fines ideológicos por países con pésimos récords en DDHH, para agredir a Venezuela y tratar de dañar la relación con la Oficina de la Alta Comisionada.
— Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) September 16, 2020
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He added that progress has been notable and this has been recognized by Michelle Bachelet when announcing the renewal of relations.
3/3 Un informe plagado de falsedades, elaborado a distancia, sin rigor metodológico alguno, por una misión fantasma dirigida contra Venezuela y controlada por gobiernos subordinados a Washington, ilustra la práctica perversa de hacer política con los DDHH y no política de DDHH.
— Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) September 16, 2020
“Reading the OHCHR press release and the report itself, in particular the reference used as footnotes, one can only realize how biased this report is, by using YouTube or US financed Venezuelan NGO’s information as main sources of information,” san international expert said to Orinoco Tribune.
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