{"id":321554,"date":"2026-01-07T07:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=321554"},"modified":"2026-01-07T08:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:37:00","slug":"un-human-rights-office-says-u-s-intervention-in-venezuela-undermines-intl-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=321554","title":{"rendered":"UN Human Rights Office Says U.S. Intervention In Venezuela Undermines Int&#8217;l Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>GENEVA, Jan 7 (NNN-XINHUA) &#8211; The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, is deeply worried about the situation in Venezuela, following the U.S. military operation in the country, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office said, yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a regular press briefing in Geneva, spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, said, the High Commissioner believes the U.S. action undermines a fundamental principle of international law &#8211; that a country must not threaten or use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also said, in response to questions from reporters, that, the U.S. action breached the UN Charter and damaged the international security architecture, making every country less safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said, it was essential for the international community to maintain clarity, stressing that the U.S. action should not be portrayed as a measure taken to defend human rights, but rather as an action carried out in clear violation of international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. action in Venezuela sends a signal that, &#8220;the powerful can do whatever they like, she added. It weakens the mechanism that we have to prevent further conflict, to prevent even a Third World War, namely the UN,&#8221; she stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is why we&#8217;re calling on all countries to speak with one voice, in defence of the UN Charter and in defence of international law,&#8221; she said.&#8211; NNN-XINHUA &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENEVA, Jan 7 (NNN-XINHUA) &#8211; The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, is deeply worried about the situation in Venezuela, following the U.S. military operation in the country, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office said, yesterday. Speaking at a regular press briefing in Geneva, spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, said, the High Commissioner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":321559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,215,209,194,296],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321554"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321554"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321558,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321554\/revisions\/321558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/321559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}