Thank you very much Madam Chair. Bolvarian The Republic of Venezuela would like to commend you
on your appointment as chairnad we would also like to reiterate our support for the work of this
important forum as one of the places where one can contribute to the defence of those who are excluded
in the world, marginalised in this case.
The minorities who today to have their human rigths negatively affected and they have to undergo
discrimination and racism, 20 years on after the declaration we reaffirm that only a proactive
participation of the people without discrimination and inequality of conditions and opportunities will it be
possible to reverse the vile practices which have deleterous on their most basic rights and liberties
especially in developing countries in Europe and America in this daily fight and opposing the predatory
capitalist exclusive systems in our country, we have a model of socialist development headed by our
commander president Hugo Chavez, which has as its basic access for, based on human being, a new
social approach based on the values of solidarity, justice, social inclusion, equality, respect and the
realisation of human rights and participation of people in tkaing decisions on public matters, taking into
account of course the various minorities in Venezuela.
To conclude and based on te new responsibilities we have taken on as a member of the HRC, also we
would like to reaffirm once again our unswerving support for any and all initiatives which here and in
other fora are developed in favour of the protection of the fundamental right sof minorities in all of their
manifestations, in order to make it possible to continue to make progress in order to guarantee a to
everyone a dignified life through the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural along with the political
and civil rights in a universal and equitable way with a view to the sustainable development of our
people.
Thank you very much.