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Economist and UN adviser Jeffrey Sachs delivered blistering remarks at an emergency UN Security Council meeting, condemning U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the capture of Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Sachs warned of U.S. “hegemonic power grabs,” urging the Council to defend the UN Charter and international law. For more details, watch our story and subscribe to our channel, DRM News.
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Jeffrey Sachs Slams US “Power Grab” Over Venezuela at UN Security Council
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The United Nations Security Council holds an emergency meeting to address the crisis in Venezuela following the U.S. operation resulting in Nicolás Maduro's capture. DRM News provides live coverage, including stakeout and session updates, with expert analysis on global diplomatic responses. Watch now for real-time developments.
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LIVE: UN Security Council Emergency Meeting on Venezuela Crisis
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Transcript
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Mr. President, distinguished members of
the Security Council,
the issue before the council today is
not the character of the government of
Venezuela.
The issue is whether any member state by
force, coercion, or economic
strangulation has the right to determine
Venezuela's political future or to
exercise control over its affairs. This
question goes directly to article 2,
section 4 of the United Nations Charter,
which prohibits the threat or use of
force against the territorial integrity
or political independence of any state.
The council must decide whether that
prohibition is to be upheld or
abandoned. Abandoning it would carry
consequences of the gravest kind.
Let me offer some background. Since
1947, the United States foreign policy
has repeatedly employed force, covert
action, and political manipulation to
bring about regime change in other
countries. This is a matter of carefully
documented historical record. In her
book, Covert Regime Change, political
scientist Lindseay Oor documents 70
attempted US regime change operations
between 1947 and 1989 alone.
These practices did not end with the
Cold War. Since 1989, major United
States regime change operations
undertaken without authorization by the
Security Council have included, among
the most consequential, Iraq 2003, Libya
2011, Syria beginning in 2011, Honduras
2009, Ukraine 2014, and Venezuela from
2002 onward. The methods employed are
well established and well documented.
They include open warfare, covert
intelligence operations, instigation of
unrest, support for armed groups,
manipulation of mass and social media,
bribery of military and civilian
officials, targeted assassinations,
false flag operations, and economic
warfare. These measures are illegal
under the UN charter and they typically
result in ongoing violence, lethal
conflict, political instability, and
deep suffering of the civilian
population.
The recent US record with respect to
Venezuela is also clear. In April 2002,
the US knew of and approved an attempted
coup against the government. In the
2010s, the United States funded civil
society groups actively engaged in
anti-government protests. When the
government cracked down on the protest,
the US followed with a series of
sanctions. In 2015, President Barack
Obama declared Venezuela to be, and I
quote, an unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States. In
2017, at a dinner with Latin American
leaders on the margin of the UN General
Assembly, President Trump openly
discussed the option of the US invading
Venezuela to overthrow the government.
During 2017 to 2020, the United States
imposed sweeping sanctions on the state
oil company Pedesa. Oil production fell
by 75%
from 2016 to 2020 and the real GDP per
capita declined by 62%.
The UN General Assembly has repeatedly
voted overwhelmingly against such
unilateral coercive measures. Under
international law, only the Security
Council has the authority to impose such
measures. On the 23rd of January 2019,
the United States unilaterally
recognized Mr. Juan Gaido as interim
president and a few days later froze
approximately 7 billion of Venezuelan
sovereign assets held abroad and gave
the designated authority over certain of
these assets. These actions form part of
a continuous US regime change effort
spanning more than two decades.
In the past year, the United States has
carried out bombing operations in seven
countries, none of which were authorized
by the UN Security Council and none of
which were undertaken in lawful
self-defense under the charter. The
targeted countries include Iran, Iraq,
Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, and now
Venezuela. In the past month, President
Trump has issued direct threats against
six UN member states, including
Colombia, Denmark, Iran, Mexico,
Nigeria, and of course, Venezuela.
Members of the council are not called
upon to judge Nicholas Maduro. They are
not called upon to assess whether the
recent US attack and ongoing naval
quarantine results in freedom or in
subjugation. Members of the council are
called upon to defend international law
and specifically the UN charter. The
realist school of international
relations articulated most brilliantly
by John Mirshimer accurately describes
the condition of international anarchy
as the tragedy of great power politics.
Realism is therefore a description, not
a solution for peace. Its own conclusion
is that anarchy leads to tragedy. In the
aftermath of World War I, the League of
Nations was created to end the tragedy
through the application of international
law. Yet, the world's leading nations
failed to defend international law in
the 1930s, leading to renewed global
war.
The United Nations emerged from that
catastrophe as humanity's second great
effort to place international law above
international anarchy. In the words of
the charter, the UN was created, quote,
to save succeeding generations from the
scourge of war which twice in our
lifetime has brought untold sorrow to
mankind.
Given that we are in the nuclear age,
failure cannot be repeated. Humanity
would perish. There would be no third
chance
to fulfill its responsibilities under
the charter. The Security Council should
immediately affirm the following
actions. The United States shall
immediately cease and desist from all
explicit and implicit threats or use
force against Venezuela.
The United States shall terminate its
naval quarantine and all related
coercive military measures undertaken in
the absence of authorization by the UN
Security Council. The United States
shall immediately withdraw its military
forces from within and along the
perimeter of Venezuela, including
intelligence, naval, air, and other
forward deployed assets positioned for
coercive purposes. Venezuela shall
adhere to the UN charter and to the
human rights protected in the universal
declaration of human rights. The
Secretary General, I recommend, should
immediately appoint a special envoy
mandated to engage relevant Venezuelan
and international stakeholders and to
report back to the Security Council
within 14 days with recommendations
consistent with the charter and the
Security Council should remain urgently
seized of this matter. All member states
should refrain from unilateral threats,
coercive measures, or armed actions
undertaken outside the authority of the
UN Security Council.
In closing, Mr. President and
distinguished members of the council,
peace and the survival of humanity
depend on whether the United Nations
Charter remains a living instrument of
international law or is allowed to
wither into irrelevance.
That is the choice before this council
today. Thank you very much.
I thank Mr. Sakis for his briefings and
now give the floor to Miss Mercedes defa
Okay,
my apology. I now give the floor to Miss
Mercedes defeas.
Good morning. Uh, I speak in Spanish.
Love you.
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