On November 9, speaking at the Third Committee of the...

On November 9, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, Venezuela's representative Carlos Bivero said his Government had made great progress in promoting human rights, as a result of a combination of national and international initiatives. It intended to create a culture of human rights so that all would feel protected and secure. The application of human rights was tied to development and democracy, and to the development of those mechanisms and institutions that strengthened it. His Government had incorporated measures of the international instruments into its constitution. Tribunals would preside in situations of purported human rights violations. The death penalty would be absolutely prohibited.