{"id":21914,"date":"2024-09-02T16:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T16:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21914"},"modified":"2024-09-02T16:33:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T16:33:25","slug":"un-general-assembly-president-advocates-for-dialogue-in-venezuela-amid-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/un-general-assembly-president-advocates-for-dialogue-in-venezuela-amid-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"UN General Assembly President Advocates for Dialogue in Venezuela Amid Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Josiah Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As tensions escalate in Venezuela, Dennis Francis, President of the United Nations General Assembly, has called for constructive dialogue to address the country&#8217;s political turmoil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a media briefing, Francis expressed the UN&#8217;s readiness to mediate discussions if invited by Venezuelan authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe UN promotes elections and would be willing, I\u2019m sure if invited, to help and support the Venezuelan authorities and people to mediate between the players. That is a service the UN has performed since its inception,\u201d Francis stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid violent protests and political unrest, Francis stressed the importance of dialogue to prevent further escalation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He warned that increased tensions could lead to severe consequences both internally in Venezuela and externally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe more tense it becomes, the greater is the risk that it could get out of control. And if it gets out of control, there will be consequences internally in Venezuela and externally as well,\u201d Francis cautioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis also addressed the support from some CARICOM countries for Nicolas Maduro\u2019s presidential declaration, noting that it is a sovereign right for those nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that this is a matter for CARICOM to handle as it sees fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams As tensions escalate in Venezuela, Dennis Francis, President of the United Nations General Assembly, has called for constructive dialogue to address the country&#8217;s political turmoil. Speaking at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21917,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21914\/revisions\/21917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}