According to UNSC presidency, the session is scheduled for 10 am local time under the agenda item ‘Threats to international peace and security’. Somalia is currently serving as the rotating president of the 15-member UNSC, which comprises five permanent members and 10 non-permanent ones
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said that the deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife had been captured and taken out of the country. FILE PIC
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will convene an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the recent military operation by the United States (US) in Venezuela and the capture of deposed dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, news agency ANI reported.
According to UNSC presidency, the session is scheduled for 10 am local time under the agenda item ‘Threats to international peace and security’.
“The presidency intends to hold the emergency meeting on Monday morning at 10 a.m. (1500 GMT),” said Khadija Ahmed, spokeswoman for the Somali Permanent Mission to the UN, as quoted by Xinhua.
Somalia is currently serving as the rotating president of the 15-member UNSC, which comprises five permanent members and 10 non-permanent ones, for the month of January.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro was the first world leader to call for an emergency UNSC session following the US strikes on Venezuela, during which Washington captured Maduro and his wife on Saturday and removed them from the country.
“As members of the United Nations Security Council, we seek to convene the Council. The Government of Colombia rejects the aggression against the sovereignty of Venezuela and of Latin America. Internal conflicts between people are resolved by those same people in peace. That is the principle of the self-determination of peoples, which forms the foundation of the United Nations system,” Petro said in a post on X.
Nicolas Maduro captured: Vice-President Rodriguez assumes acting presidency
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump stated that Washington had carried out a “large-scale strike against Venezuela” and that the deposed dictator Maduro and his wife had been captured and taken out of the country.
Trump also shared a photograph on Truth Social showing Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima following his capture.
Video footage later released by the White House-affiliated Rapid Response showed Maduro in handcuffs during a staged perp walk. In the footage, he was seen wishing law enforcement authorities “Happy New Year” and “Good Night” as he was led into custody.
Following the operation, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep alarm over the situation in Venezuela, warning that the developments could have far-reaching implications for the wider region, ANI reported.
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, Guterres said that, irrespective of the situation in Venezuela, such actions set a dangerous precedent and underscored the need for full respect for international law by all parties, including adherence to the UN Charter.
Meanwhile, developments in Caracas followed swiftly after Maduro’s removal. Venezuela’s Supreme Court ordered Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez to assume the powers and duties of acting president, ANI reported, citing CNN.
The order, announced late Saturday night (local time), stated that Maduro is in a “material and temporary impossibility to exercise his functions”.
(With ANI inputs)
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