Sec. 204. Support for efforts at the United Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela
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It is the sense of Congress that the United Nations humanitarian agencies, including the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, UNICEF, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, should conduct and publish independent assessments regarding— the extent and impact of the shortages of food, medicine, and medical supplies in Venezuela; basic health indicators in Venezuela, such as maternal and child mortality rates and the prevalence and treatment of communicable diseases; and the efforts needed to resolve the shortages identified in paragraph
(1)and to improve the health indicators referred to in paragraph (2). The President shall instruct the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations to use the voice and vote of the United States in the United Nations Security Council to secure the necessary votes— to place the humanitarian and political crisis in Venezuela on the United Nations Security Council’s Programme of Work; and to secure a Presidential Statement from the President of the United Nations Security Council urging the Maduro regime— to allow the delivery of humanitarian relief; and to lift bureaucratic impediments or any other obstacles preventing independent nongovernmental organizations from providing the proper assistance to the people of Venezuela without any interference by the Maduro regime. The President shall instruct the Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice and influence of the United States to advance the appointment of a United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Venezuela to lead and coordinate the efforts of humanitarian organizations in a manner that contributes to Venezuela’s long-term recovery. If the Maduro regime refuses to allow the delivery of humanitarian relief and to lift bureaucratic impediments and any other obstacles described in subsection (b)(2)(B), the President, beginning not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the efforts of the United Nations described in such subsection, shall instruct the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations to use the voice and vote of the United States to secure the adoption of a resolution described in paragraph (2). The resolution described in this paragraph is a Resolution of the United Nations Security Council that— requires the Maduro regime to promptly allow safe and unhindered access for humanitarian agencies and their implementing partners, including possible support from neighboring countries; and calls on the Maduro regime— to allow the delivery of food and medicine to the people of Venezuela; to end human rights violations against the people of Venezuela; to agree to free, fair, and transparent elections with credible international observers; to cease violence against the people of Venezuela; and to release all political prisoners held by the Maduro regime.