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Jan
08
2026

Statement by Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson regarding the adoption of the Human Rights Council´s Three-Year Work Programme

 

At the organizational meeting of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, called on the Office of the High Commissioner to continue providing comprehensive and systematic information regarding the costs, available financial resources, and human resources associated with the implementation of Council-mandated activities. He added that such information would enable Member States, together with the Office, to develop an effective, transparent, and verifiable methodology that allows for timely and well-informed decisions on mandated activities, particularly in the current context of severe financial difficulties. He reaffirmed that it is always the responsibility of Member States to make decisions regarding Council-mandated activities, including any decisions concerning those that may be affected by the impact of the financial and liquidity crisis.

Jan
08
2026

Statement by Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson on Ecuador’s Candidature to the Bureau of the Human Rights Council

At the organizational meeting of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, called on the Office of the High Commissioner to continue providing comprehensive and systematic information on the costs, available financial resources, and human resources associated with the implementation of Council-mandated activities. He added that such information would enable Member States, together with the Office, to develop an effective, transparent, and verifiable methodology, allowing for timely and well-informed decisions on mandated activities, particularly in the current context of severe financial difficulties. He reaffirmed that it is always the responsibility of Member States to make decisions regarding Council-mandated activities, including any decisions concerning those that may be affected by the impact of the financial and liquidity crisis.

Jan
05
2026

Solidarity demonstrations with Venezuela continue in Geneva

Solidarity organizations, social movements, and representatives of the Latin American community held a rally in Nations Square to continue denouncing the imperialist aggression of the Government of the United States against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The solidarity action took place in front of the headquarters of the United Nations and constituted a firm expression of rejection of the recent U.S. military maneuvers, which participants described as a serious threat to regional peace and a violation of the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.

Dec
18
2025

Statement by Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson on the grave situation created by the united states military deployment in the Caribbean

At the World Trade Organization General Council, Rodolfo Benítez Verson emphasized that Latin America and the Caribbean face threats today that are unprecedented in recent decades. The recent assault and seizure of an oil tanker by United States military forces is a vile act of piracy, maritime terrorism, and theft of the Venezuelan people's resources. Such an act constitutes another grave violation of International Law, contravenes the principles of freedom of navigation and free trade, and harms not only Venezuela but the international community as a whole. The ambassador denounced that we are witnessing a frontal assault on the spirit and norms of the WTO, the organization tasked with preserving a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory, and equitable multilateral trading system

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