A/HRC/RES/45/20 Expressing deep concern that more than 5 million people have been compelled to leave the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has, in its Global Humanitarian Overview 2020, identified a population of 7 million in need of humanitarian assistance owing to the deepening political and economic crisis, and that the World Food Programme has estimated, through a food security assessment, that one in three Venezuelans is food insecure and in need of assistance, Welcoming the efforts of neighbouring and other countries of the region to host Venezuelan migrants, refugees and asylum seekers and the humanitarian assistance provided by the United Nations, other humanitarian organizations and partner countries, Expressing concern at the abuses and violations suffered by returnees and people leaving the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, including extortion and illegal requisitions, Acknowledging the ongoing efforts of human rights defenders, journalists and other media workers, health professionals, politicians, civil servants, academics and other civil society stakeholders in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to call attention to and to document violations and abuses of human rights, Aware of the confidential letter of understanding dated 20 September 2019 and renewed on 14 September 2020 between the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the authorities of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the resulting commitments, and urging the Venezuelan authorities to fulfil those commitments, Welcoming the enlarged presence of officers from the Office of the High Commissioner in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and the establishment of a mechanism for the exchange of information regarding individual cases, Recalling the work of the entities of the inter-American human rights system and the preliminary examination opened by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, and calling upon the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to cooperate fully with their work, Recalling also that the States members of the Human Rights Council shall uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights and shall fully cooperate with the Council, including its subsidiary bodies and mechanisms, Affirming its strong conviction that there can only be a peaceful and democratic solution to the current crisis in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and that such a solution lies with the Venezuelan people, without any sort of foreign military, security or intelligence interference, and requires the holding of free, fair, transparent and credible presidential and parliamentary elections, in accordance with international standards, and expressing support for relevant diplomatic efforts in this regard, 1. Welcomes the reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,1 and requests the High Commissioner to present them to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session; 2. Also welcomes the report of the independent international fact-finding mission containing information on documented cases of extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention and torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment committed in the country since 2014,2 and its detailed findings thereon;3 3. Strongly condemns all violations and abuses of international human rights law in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, urges the Venezuelan authorities to implement fully and immediately the recommendations contained in the recent reports of the High Commissioner and in the report of the independent international fact-finding mission, and regrets that most of the recommendations made in the previous report of the High Commissioner4 have not been implemented; 1 2 3 4 2 A/HRC/44/20 and A/HRC/44/54. A/HRC/45/33. Available from www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/FFMV/Pages/Index.aspx. A/HRC/41/18.