The OAS demands that Nicaragua return the confiscated facilities

The Organization of American States (OAS) condemned “strongly” on Friday at Nicaragua for the occupation and forced closure of its offices in Managua by the government of Daniel Ortega.

The resolution, approved during a special session of the Permanent Council of the OAS in Washington, was supported by 29 of the 34 active members of the block regional, with the absence of Bolivia and Nicaragua. Three countries abstained: El Salvador, Honduras and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

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The text was sponsored by Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the United States, Grenada, and Uruguay, and adopted by roll-call vote after The Savior oppose a decision by consensus.

The OAS resolved “Strongly condemn the illegal entry into the facilities of the OAS and the seizure of their assets in Managuaon Sunday, April 24, 2022, in violation of the legal obligations of the Government of Nicaragua”.

also deplored “the violation of the inviolability of the archives” of the OASasked “That the immunity of their property be fully respected while they are in Nicaragua” and demanded “to be restored immediately” the use of the seized premises.

In addition, he stressed that the government of Ortega “is responsible for all breaches of its international legal obligations”, citing agreements on privileges and immunities signed by Nicaragua in 1960 and 1989, as well as the country’s adherence to the Charter of the OAS from 1948.

The resolution recognizes that the government of Ortega announced his withdrawal from the OASbut remember that your legal obligations “remain valid until the effective date of departure”on November 18, 2023.

Nicaragua announced that he was leaving the OAS on November 18, after the organization ignored Ortega’s re-election for a fourth consecutive term, in elections held with his imprisoned rivals and opponents.

On April 24, the government of Ortega occupied and closed the offices of the OAS in Managua and brought forward the withdrawal of its representatives from the regional bloc. Two days later, he reported that the building that housed the offices of the OAS in Managua had been “declared of public utility” and would become “the museum of infamy”.

During a session of the Permanent Council of the OAS On April 27, 16 member countries expressed their “consternation” Y “concern” for what happened, demanding respect for the principles of international law.

The United States, in particular, called on the OAS to take action”concrete” to respond to what he considered a “institutional and illegal abomination”.

Nicaraguaone of the founding countries of the OAShad presented on April 8 its new ambassador to the organization, Orlando Tardencilla, after the dismissal of his predecessor, Arturo MacFields, who on March 24 denounced before the Permanent Council of the OAS that your country is adictatorship”.

Source: Elcomercio

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