The Foreign Minister of Nicaragua announced the withdrawal of the republic from the UN Human Rights Council.

As a result of the disrespect for sovereignty and the biased approach of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nicaragua is withdrawing from the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the world organization. This was announced on February 27 by the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Waldrak Gaske.

"For Nicaragua, these disrespectful mechanisms have lost their nature and essence, we do not recognize them. "... For this reason, Nicaragua declares its sovereign and irrevocable decision to withdraw from the Human Rights Council and all activities related to this Council and all its subsidiary mechanisms," the portal quotes href="https://www.el19digital.com/articulos/ver/161726-misiva-de-nicaragua-al-presidente-del-consejo-de-derechos-humanos-de-la-onu " rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">El 19 Digital letter from the Foreign Minister.

In addition, Gasquet criticized a human rights report developed by a "self-proclaimed group of experts" in Nicaragua, which was later added to the annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. According to him, other reports published earlier are not recognized in the republic.

He also spoke about the double standards of the Office of the High Commissioner and the politicization of internal mechanisms for interference in the affairs of States.

On February 4, Gasquet said that the report "The state of food security and nutrition in the world in 2024", prepared by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), was unreliable and published for political purposes, in connection with which Nicaragua href="https://iz.ru/1833992/2025-02-05/glava-mid-nikaragua-zaiavil-o-vykhode-iz-fao-oon-iz-za-doklada-o-prodovolstvii " target="_blank">exits this structure The United Nations and closes its representative offices in the country.