国务卿声明：非法马杜罗政权入选联合国人权理事会

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The Human Rights Council, Geneva (file photo, May 2018)

非法马杜罗政权入选联合国人权理事会

新闻声明

迈克尔·R·蓬佩奥国务卿

2019年10月17日

联合国高级专员今年7月发布的人权报告记录了委内瑞拉前马杜罗政权的严重侵犯人权行为。马杜罗无耻地在联合国人权理事会寻求席位，以阻碍他对委内瑞拉人民的压制的任何限制，遗憾的是这不足为奇。然而，真正可悲的是，其他国家投票赞成让马杜罗的委内瑞拉代表在联合国人权理事会中占一席位。这不仅是对委内瑞拉政权的受害者，也是全世界的人权事业的沉重打击。

人权理事会应成为全世界人民人权的保护者和捍卫者。它应该就前马杜罗政权和其他类似政权日复一日的人权侵犯行径发声。但人权理事会反而让无耻伪善当道——世界上一些最严重的侵犯方是人权理事会本身的成员。它的成员包括具有明确和令人发指的人权记录的独裁政府，比如中国、古巴和委内瑞拉等。这些就是美国于2018年退出人权理事会的原因之一。

美国大力支持真诚有效地努力保护人权的多边组织。马杜罗的代表入选人权理事会是一场闹剧，进一步削弱了人权理事会本已脆弱的信誉。我们希望与我们的盟友和伙伴努力，以支持委内瑞拉临时总统瓜伊多在委内瑞拉恢复人权和民主的努力，这一重要目标反映了美国对人权与自由的承诺。

https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/zh/illegitimate-maduro-regimes-election-to-the-un-human-rights-council/

Illegitimate Maduro Regime’s Election to the UN Human Rights Council

PRESS STATEMENT

MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The UN High Commissioner report on Human Rights issued this past July documented egregious human rights abuses of the former Maduro regime in Venezuela.  It is sadly no surprise that Maduro shamelessly sought a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in an effort to block any limit to his repressive control of the Venezuelan people.  What is truly tragic, however, is that other nations voted to give Maduro’s representative for Venezuela a seat on the UN Human Rights Council.  This is a harsh blow not just against the victims of the Venezuelan regime, but also against the cause of human rights around the world.

The Human Rights Council ought to be a protector and defender of human rights of people the world over.  It should be speaking out about the daily abuses of the former Maduro regime, and others like it.  Instead, the Council has become an exercise in shameless hypocrisy – with some of the world’s most serious offenders sitting on the Council itself.  Its membership includes authoritarian governments with unambiguous and abhorrent human rights records, such as China, Cuba, and Venezuela.  These are among the reasons why the United States withdrew from the Human Rights Council in 2018.

The United States strongly supports multilateral organizations that sincerely and effectively work to protect human rights.  The election to the Human Rights Council of Maduro’s representative is a farce that further undermines the Council’s already frail credibility.  We desire to work with our allies and partners in support of Venezuelan interim President Guaidó’s efforts to restore human rights and democracy in Venezuela, a critical objective that reflects the United States’ commitment to human rights and freedom.

https://www.state.gov/illegitimate-maduro-regimes-election-to-the-un-human-rights-council/