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STORY: UN / VENEZUELA SITUATION
TRT: 02:36
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
12 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, ambassadors at the Security Council stakeout podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Javier Martínez-Acha, Foreign Minister, Panama:
“We applaud the Venezuelan people for the participation in the July 28 presidential election, despite significant challenges, over 12 million people went to the polls and exercised their right to vote. Their choice must be respected. We noted that more than 80 percent of the tally sheets, actas in Spanish, published by the civil society and the democratic opposition, received directly from polling stations and corroborated by independent observers, show a different outcome than that reported by Venezuela's National Electoral Council, CNE. In light of the ruling by Venezuela's Supreme Court, we urge the CNE to immediately publish the presidential election voting results from all polling stations and allow for the impartial verification of results by independent observers to promote credibility, legitimacy and transparent electoral process.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
3. Close up, camera
12 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Javier Martínez-Acha, Foreign Minister, Panama:
“Now is the time for all Venezuelans to begin constructive and inclusive discussions to resolve this electoral impasse and restore democratic norms peacefully in accordance with Venezuelan electoral law and the wishes of the Venezuelan people. We are gravely concerned about the reported human rights abuses and violations following the elections, including those involving repression, arbitrary arrests and detentions, killings, denial of a fair trial guarantees, as well as intimidation tactics against the democratic opposition, including the raid of the opposition's headquarters. We express deep concern with the political motivated arrest warrant by Venezuelan authorities issues on September 3rd for Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia that has forced him into exile. It is imperative to promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in Venezuela, including the right of individual to assemble peacefully without reprisal.”
5. Pan right, end of press encounter
Panama’s Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha today (12 Sep) urged Venezuela's National Electoral Council “to immediately publish the presidential election voting results from all polling stations and allow for the impartial verification of results by independent observers to promote credibility, legitimacy and transparent electoral process.”
Delivering a joint statement on behalf of several member states on the situation in Venezuela, Martínez-Acha said the Venezuelan people’s choice “must be respected” and noted that “more than 80 percent of the tally sheets, actas in Spanish, published by the civil society and the democratic opposition, received directly from polling stations and corroborated by independent observers, show a different outcome” than that reported by the National Electoral Council.
Martínez-Acha said, “now is the time for all Venezuelans to begin constructive and inclusive discussions to resolve this electoral impasse and restore democratic norms peacefully in accordance with Venezuelan electoral law and the wishes of the Venezuelan people.”
He expressed concern “about the reported human rights abuses and violations following the elections, including those involving repression, arbitrary arrests and detentions, killings, denial of a fair trial guarantees, as well as intimidation tactics against the democratic opposition, including the raid of the opposition's headquarters,” as well as with “the political motivated arrest warrant by Venezuelan authorities issues on September 3rd for Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia that has forced him into exile.”
