CARACAS, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela has hailed a majority vote by a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that rejects imposing unilateral sanctions, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said Wednesday.
A resolution on the effects of imposing unilateral coercive measures on the exercise of human rights was adopted with 32 votes in favor, 14 against and one abstention.
"Today at the UN Human Rights Council, 32 countries voted against the imposition of unilateral coercive measures, recognizing their negative impact on populations," Gil said on social media platform X.
The "message" was clear, he said. "The international community rejects the interventionist and criminal policy of the United States, and it is time to promote multipolarity."
Applying unilateral sanctions "runs counter to international law and the principle of sovereign equality between nations," the minister said.
Venezuela has denounced the United States for imposing on the South American country more than 900 unilateral sanctions, saying these measures affect the fundamental rights of its people.
In a speech to the UNHRC in late February, Gil said the sanctions have cost Venezuela more than 232 billion U.S. dollars in losses. ■
