The High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations, Volker Türk, expressed this Tuesday his concern about the increase in tension in Venezuela after the presidential elections that took place in the country on Sunday, July 28.

In a statement from the organization, Türk indicated: “Demonstrations have occurred in at least 17 of Venezuela’s 24 states, including the capital, and hundreds of people have been detained, including children.”

He also referred to the protesters on Monday, July 29, who were injured by what he considers the excessive use of force by the forces of public order but also by armed individuals affiliated with the ruling party known as “collectives.”

He described the situation in the country as a “critical situation” and “urged the authorities to respect the right of all Venezuelans to peacefully assemble and protest and express their opinions freely and without fear.”

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A panel of experts from the United Nations, made up of four members, will participate as an observer in the presidential elections in Venezuela on July 28.

The UN confirmed this Tuesday the acceptance of the invitation made in recent days by the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, a few days before the presidential elections.

The organization indicated that the report of this observer panel to the Secretary General will be confidential and will include recommendations to improve future electoral processes in the South American nation.

A solicitud del Consejo Nacional Electoral de #Venezuela, la ONU desplegrá un Panel de Expertos Electorales para las elecciones presidenciales de julio de 2024.
El informe del Panel al Secretario General será de carácter confidencial. pic.twitter.com/cvQYCqs8BU

— Noticias ONU (@NoticiasONU) June 25, 2024

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The United Nations (UN) established five basic principles for the fight against disinformation, which are based on an official document of the international organization.

The guidelines proposed by the UN this Monday are: trust and social resilience; independent, free and pluralistic media; transparency and investigation; public empowerment; and positive incentives.

The fight against online disinformation includes a review of the advertising model of social platforms and networks.

“When the integrity of information is in the spotlight, so is democracy, which depends on a shared and fact-based perception of reality,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the press during the presentation of this code of conduct.

The vulnerability of data to the promotion of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) has led the UN to launch this code of behavior as basic guidance in this area. The organization is committed to ensuring that these principles “are applied by the platforms, the media, governments and the United Nations itself.”

The UN has asked member states to refrain from circulating “false information and hate speech, and in particular that they reinforce measures to guarantee the integrity of information during electoral campaigns.”

With respect to technology companies, the exhortation is to prioritize “the integrity of the information, and not a business model to make more money.” At the same time, the UN call to governments focuses on respect for human rights and freedom of expression, as well as the protection of journalists, according to Guterres.

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The Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) has been recognized as an observer organization by the United Nations General Assembly, in a decision by consensus that had been promoted by the delegations of Spain and Argentina and subsequently supported by Colombia, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal and Uruguay.

The OEI, which had already been collaborating with several UN organizations, especially in the areas of its competence – the situation of education, science and culture in Latin America and the provision of support to vulnerable groups –, hopes to take advantage of this milestone to reinforce shared work.

The Secretary General of the OEI, Mariano Jabonero, has highlighted the organization’s motto, ‘We make cooperation happen’, and has pointed out that this work cannot be “a mere rhetorical exercise empty of commitments, content and scope. The recognition of the UN encourages us to follow that path,” he declared in a statement.

For her part, the Argentine ambassador to the UN, María del Carmen Squeff, has stressed that now the OEI will be able to “collaborate more efficiently with the international community” on issues such as the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and highlight 75 years of experience in Latin America, “to contribute to understanding its particularities, supporting processes of regional integration, south-south cooperation and promotion of development.”

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