The Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Full Enjoyment and Realization of the Rights to Development and Health (production date: 30 October 2023)

Panelists:

1. Professor Alena Douhan, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights

2. H.E. Mr. William Castillo, Vice-Minister for Anti-Blockade Policies, Ministry of the People's Power for Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

3. Dr. Mohammad Marandi, Professor at the University of Tehran

4. Mr. Vijay Prashad, Executive Director, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research

5. Mr. Elias Amare, Journalist and Geopolitical Analyst.

Moderator: H.E. Mr. Joaquín A. Pérez Ayestarán, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations, Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

The United Nations is the forum par excellence to denounce the increasingly negative and fulminating impact that these unilateral actions, outside the framework of the Security Council – the only international body legally empowered to authorize the implementation of sanctions – have on Human Rights, Sustainable Development and International Peace and Security, in addition to constituting a threat, among others, to political stability, good neighborliness and the very founding spirit of our Organization.