---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 9712"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "9712"
heading: "Support for efforts at the United Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/9712"
units:
  - "Chapter 104 — Venezuela Assistance"
  - "Subchapter II — Humanitarian Relief for Venezuela"
---

# §9712. Support for efforts at the United Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela

- (a) **Sense of Congress—** It is the sense of Congress that the United Nations humanitarian agencies should conduct and publish independent assessments of the humanitarian situation in Venezuela, including—
  - (1) the extent and impact of the shortages of food, medicine, and medical supplies in Venezuela;
  - (2) basic health indicators in Venezuela, such as maternal and child mortality rates and the prevalence and treatment of communicable diseases; and
  - (3) the efforts needed to resolve the shortages identified in [paragraph (1)](#a-1) and to improve the health indicators referred to in [paragraph (2)](#a-2).
- (b) **United Nations Resident Coordinator—** The President should instruct the Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations to [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) the efforts of the Resident Coordinator for Venezuela in a manner that—
  - (1) contributes to Venezuela’s long-term recovery; and
  - (2) advances humanitarian efforts in Venezuela and for Venezuelans residing in neighboring countries.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title I, § 122, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3033.)