UN Security Council decides to hold emergency meeting on 'US-Venezuela tensions'

The United Nations (UN) Security Council has decided to hold an emergency meeting at the request of Venezuela regarding the actions taken by the US against Venezuela. Slovenia, which holds the council presidency this month, announced that the meeting will take place on December 23 at 3:00 PM local time. The session is expected to addressannounced that it would be discussed.

For a longtime, the Caracas administration, which has accused the US of violating its country's sovereignty,has been protestingthe seizure of Venezuelan assets by the US, particularlyoil assets, and has beenclaiming they are being appropriated by the US. is beingcarried out, he states.

Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the UN, Samuel Moncada, in an official letter sent to the UN Security Council,stated that the US's stance toward Venezuela reflects a colonial approach, noting that Washington is targeting his country's assets, including its territory and oil, as well asstated that it declared assets as if they belonged to the US and violated Venezuela's sovereignty. Emphasizing that this approach is unacceptable, Moncada stated, "This situation means that the US governmentclaims the world's largest oil reserves as its own property, which would be one of the greatest acts of plunder in human history."

GUTERRES-MADURO PHONE CTHESES

The emergency meeting decision follows a phone call between United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro regarding thediscussion. In a statement made by the UN,it was stated that the discussion addressed thecurrent tensions in the region. AInthe statement, it was noted that Secretary-General Guterres reiterated that member states mustrespect international law and, in particular,the United Nations Charter, andemphasized the needfor all parties to exercise restraint. called for and emphasized the importance of regional stability and the need to de-escalate the current tensions to maintain peace, it was noted.

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