by Stefano Vaccara
NEW YORK (UNITED STATES) (ITALPRESS) – The Secretary-General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, said “profoundly concerned about the lack of compliance with international law.” Guterres’ intervention was read by the UN Secretary General for Political Affairs and Peacebuilding, Rosemary DiCarlo, during an extraordinary session of the United Nations Security Council dedicated to events in Venezuela.
In his speech, Guterres underlined that US President Donald Trump’s statements – which announced on social media a “wide-scale” military operation and said that Washington “will manage” Venezuela until a political transition – have already had “a destabilizing impact”. The immediate future of Venezuela, added Guterres, “highly uncertain stay”. The speech read by DiCarlo recalls the political context before the attack: the presidential elections of July 2024, marked by serious irregularities, repression of the opposition, arbitrary arrests and human rights violations documented by UN bodies. But it emphasizes that “nothing justifies the use of force” outside the limits established by international law.
The central message, pronounced while the crisis is still in full swing, was therefore that the United Nations Charter “ prohibits the use of force against territorial integrity” and the political independence of a state. Guterres reiterated that respect for these principles is not optional, but essential for global peace and security. The UN now calls for maximum moderation and abstention from any further escalation, with the return, instead, to political and diplomatic instruments. “There are international mechanisms to deal with crimes, illegal trafficking and human rights violations,” said Guterres, “without risking regional and international stability.”.
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