Ms. Taj El Dine (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) said that her delegation fully understood the concern over the growing incidence of attacks against United Nations personnel worldwide, which must be combated through close international cooperation.

Ms. Taj El Dine (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) said that her delegation attached great importance to the matters under discussion, particularly those relating to the working methods of the Security Council and its sanctions committees and to the question of assistance to third States affected by the imposition of sanctions.

Ms. Taj El Dine (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) said that, although her delegation would join the consensus in adopting the draft resolution in the interest of extending the scope of legal protection to United Nations and associated personnel in situations of exceptional risk, it wished to make an interpretative declaration concerning three aspects of the draft resolution and the annexed draft optional protocol.