US EditionVenezuela's UN Ambassador Says US Removal of Maduro Is 'Illegitimate'
The United States' military operation in Venezuela, including strikes and Nicolás Maduro's capture, prompted a Security Council meeting called by Colombia and supported by China and Russia.
- Following US strikes and Maduro's capture, the United Nations Security Council met in emergency session to discuss the Venezuela crisis.
- Venezuela's UN Ambassador Samuel Moncada wrote to the Security Council, calling the US operation a `colonial war` aimed at imposing a puppet government to plunder Venezuela's natural resources and said it violated the UN Charter.
- Colombia requested the council meeting, which permanent members China and Russia supported, while Somalia holds the rotating Security Council presidency for January.
- The UN Secretariat said the action raises precedent concerns, with Stephane Dujarraric noting the US military's move as `a dangerous precedent`.
- Somalia, as council president for January, set the session timing for Monday at 10 am , the Somali Permanent Mission to the United Nations said.
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The capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. military forces, two days ago in Venezuelan territory, provoked a wave of international criticism, including from some of its NATO allies.The issue was addressed this Monday at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UN Security Council), where several countries objected to the legality of the operation that allowed the former Venezuelan governor to be brought before a federal judge in N…
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