This was Santos’ participation in the Munich Security Council: he overrode Machado’s veto.

former president Juan Manuel Santos He was at the security conference being held in Munich, Germany in the company of other members of The Elders Group, an international organization composed of global leaders and defenders of peace.

In Munich he met World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustam Umerov.

The conversation between the former President and senior dignitaries revolved around peace and security in the international community. this is how they talked Actions to boost countries’ preparedness Confronting the potential emergence of new pandemics and public health challenges.

At the end of these meetings, the group The Elders, whose members include other figures such as former President and former Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban-Ki Moon; Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway; and Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, He signed a letter in which he called for the attention of leaders and,

In the letter he said that “The world is in grave danger“, because “we are facing threats that threaten all of humanity and our leaders are not responding with the necessary wisdom and urgency,” he said.

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According to the text, the main threats are “climate change, a pandemic that has killed millions and cost trillions, wars in which the use of nuclear weapons has been openly contemplated.”

In addition to attending the signing of the letter, former President Santos spoke to the media and mentioned the situation in Venezuela due to the presidential elections to be held this year in this country, as well as the decision of President Nicolás Maduro. Suspend the activities of the Technical Advisory Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Venezuela.

On Venezuela, he said the suspension of United Nations work and the disqualification of Venezuelan opposition candidate María Corina Machado “are appalling.” ObstacleThe purpose of the Barbados Agreement was to ensure that elections were conducted in a credible manner and where everyone could participate.

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He further said that “Maria Corina Machado’s veto is something that is completely against the spirit of” and “Removing the UN from Venezuela and imprisoning opponents or critics is all against the spirit of what Venezuela was calling for democracy.”

Amidst this reflection and a few days after the suggestions made by international organizations such as the United Nations for the alleged democratic instability in Colombia, Santos affirmed that “the United Nations is losing strength.”

According to his reading, “There are movements in different parts of the world to renegotiate the world order, because they are absolutely right that the negotiations that took place after the second war are obsolete. Today, even though the wars themselves are different from those fought 50 or 60 years ago, the world’s problems are also different.

Thus, according to Santos, the UN structure that was negotiated no longer works and we have to find a way to renegotiate it.

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