On 18 December 2020, special procedures mandate holders publicly raised concerns that the new National Assembly of Venezuela would prioritize the adoption of a law that would significantly restrict access to foreign funding for NGOs, noting that these measures have “paralyzing effects” on NGOs that provide humanitarian support for vulnerable populations.79 As noted, implementing partners in receipt of funds for UN humanitarian assistance have been targeted for their cooperation with the UN (see examples above). Mandate holders noted this legislation would add additional oversight of NGOs’ funding and financial operations by the office of the bank sector’s superintendent and the adoption of a new registry for NGOs linked to terrorism. In its oral update on 10 March 2021, the FFM expressed concern about the Government’s tightening of requirements for the registration, funding and operation of NGOs, as well as detention of NGO workers under the Law on Organized Crime and Financing of Terrorism, stating that public officials have fuelled harassment against NGOs through narratives that criticize cooperation with international organizations and actors or the receipt of foreign funds.