Venezuela assesses UN position against U.S. extrajudicial executions
“Venezuela welcomes the fact that from this rostrum the responsibility of rejecting these warmongering escalations and unjustified aggressions has been assumed,” said Foreign Minister Gil after the statement issued after several weeks by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
OHCHR took a stand for the first time in the face of recent US airstrikes on vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Photo: EFE
October 31, 2025 Hour: 3:33 pm
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On behalf of the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, the Foreign Minister of that South American nation, Yván Gil, expressed the Government’s agreement with the condemnation issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, who after several weeks took a position for the first time against the military attacks of the United States in the Caribbean and the Pacific. in which more than 60 people were killed.
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“Venezuela welcomes the fact that from this rostrum the responsibility has been assumed to reject these warmongering escalations and unjustified aggressions as well as the violation of international law and extrajudicial executions, as recognized by experts of the United Nations (UN),” Gil emphasized on his social networks.
In the same vein, Venezuela reiterated its call to the entire United Nations system to use its capabilities to “defend the peace and sovereignty of all nations,” especially in relation to the decree of a “Zone of Peace” for the Caribbean region, declared by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in 2014.
Foreign Minister Gil’s pronouncement comes after Volker Türk denounced that recent U.S. air strikes against vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific, allegedly linked to drug trafficking, constitute serious violations of international law and could be classified as extrajudicial executions.
Türk demanded an immediate halt to the bombing, saying none of the casualties posed an imminent threat.
The multilateral organization maintains that the United States cannot invoke international humanitarian law in the absence of a declared armed conflict, so the facts are governed by international human rights law, which prohibits arbitrary execution.
In addition, the UN rejected Washington’s defense that its actions are “selective and proportional,” recalling that military operations do not replace the police and judicial responsibilities that correspond to states in the fight against drug trafficking
Author: HGV
Source: Telesur
