The United Nations Security Council emergency meeting is underway in New York to discuss the US operation in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro. It is a move that has sent shockwaves through the region and beyond, and the UN Secretary-General has declared it a dangerous precedent that has been set.
The Security Council is meeting today under the agenda – ‘Threats to International Peace and Security’. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, has delivered a statement on behalf of Secretary-General António Guterres. The meeting has been convened at the request of Colombia, backed by China and Russia.
