UN Security Council to discuss situation in Venezuela

The security Council United Nations (Awill badyze for the first time this Saturday the situation of constitutional and social crisis what is lived in Venezuela since the head of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, has been proclaimed president of this country. According to Telam, the United States requested the meeting.

Positions ahead recognition of Guaidó as "president in charge" are divided into Security Council. For its part, United States who is a permanent member supports the anti-Chavez leader, while Russia and China they defend President Nicolás Maduro, who also has permanent membership and a veto.

The State Department announced that "the intention of the United States is to use this appointment to urge the rest of the international community to recognize Guaidó as" Acting Constitutional President of Venezuela " . Mike PompeoTrump's chief adviser "will call for support for the transitional government in its mission of restoring democracy and the rule of law," diplomatic sources said.

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In the adviceIn addition, there are ten non-permanent members who participate in it: Belgium, Equatorial Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Germany, Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, Dominican Republic and South Africa. The United Nations provides that "members and non-members, if they are parties to a dispute considered by the Council, may be invited to participate, without the right to vote, in the deliberations of the Council laying down the conditions for participation. of a state, not a member. "

In the line of safeguard a Guaidó, as well as the two Latin American countries, Peru and the Dominican Republic, who showed their support by signing a statement of support to the Organization of American States (OAS). In turn, the EFE news agency reported that Carlos Holmes TrujilloThe Chancellor of Colombia will spend more time in New York to address the Council and reiterate her approval as the head of the Venezuelan Parliament.

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On the other side, Russia and China They made it clear that they always considered Maduro as "legitimate" president and who oppose the recognition of Guaidó made by the United States and other countries. In the past, Moscow and Beijing have strongly opposed the inclusion of the Venezuelan crisis in the Council's agenda as a threat to international peace and security.

His position, with nuances, had been shared at least until now by a majority of members, which had ruined US attempts to bring the case before this body. As already stated, the United States was the first to call for the extraordinary meeting. Own Maduro He expressed his satisfaction for the international debate while his position is in the opposite direction to that of Trump, but he has the support of Russia and China, so any statement against him is opposed.

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The 28 EU countries have worked this Friday in Brussels in a formal declaration to that effect, which will follow the pattern expressed by Spain or Germany, in favor of ultimatum to Maduro to call elections or, otherwise, to recognize Guaidó.