In a striking address to the United Nations Security Council, renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs delivered a forceful condemnation of United States foreign policy during an emergency session concerning Venezuela. The Columbia University professor and president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network asserted that Washington stands in serious breach of fundamental international law principles.
Sachs presented a comprehensive critique of decades-long American foreign policy approaches, characterizing them as systematically employing military force, covert operations, and political manipulation to achieve regime change objectives. These practices, he argued, represent direct violations of the United Nations Charter that governs international conduct among sovereign states.
During his briefing, the sustainable development expert called for immediate cessation of all illegal military actions and threats against Venezuela, emphasizing that such conduct undermines global governance structures. Sachs’s testimony before the Security Council marks a significant moment of scholarly criticism regarding interventionist policies from within the halls of international diplomacy.
The emergency meeting provided a platform for examining the broader implications of power projection in international relations, with Sachs’s analysis extending beyond the immediate Venezuela situation to address systemic patterns in great power behavior. His remarks highlighted the tension between unilateral actions and multilateral governance frameworks established in the post-World War II international order.