Mike Pence. The US Vice President had the Security Council wait. The meeting on the humanitarian situation in Venezuela had already begun. What the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Lowcock reported about the disastrous situation in the country, Pence missed it. He was too late. And everyone was waiting.
The German UN ambassador Heusgen, President of the Security Council, a bit at a loss. But then the door opened. Appearance US Vice President Mike Pence. And what a.
„You should not be here,“ Pence says to Venezuela’s UN ambassador. Samuel Moncada, the ambassador of President Maduro, whom the United States and many other states no longer recognize, is looking up into the hall. And Pence adds:
„You should go back to Venezuela and tell Maduro his time is up, he has to go.“
Frontal attack of the USA
It was a US Vice President’s frontal attack here on the United Nations Security Council, whose role and power the US has long been questioning. Pence then, annoyed in the presence of UN Secretary-General Guterres, recalls that the UN was once founded to guarantee security and peace: „That’s why,“ says Pence, „the US is calling on the UN to do its job.“
Then he takes a long break, putting in all the disappointment of the US.
Pence announces $ 60 million in aid to the people of Venezuela. He calls the country a „failed state“ and threatens that the US would seek diplomatic and economic pressure for a peaceful solution.
The Russian UN ambassador Nebenzia later foamed. Pence had left long ago. He had come to talk. Not to listen. Vassili Nebenzia called after Pence. „If they want to make America big, what we all want, then they stop interfering in the affairs of other countries.“
Venezuela on the verge of a humanitarian disaster
Venezuela, however, is a country that is going under. By the end of the year, five million refugees are expected, an exodus. Currently, says UN emergency coordinator Lowcock, seven million Venezuelans need humanitarian aid – and rising. The health system has collapsed. The crisis in Venezuela meets all the conditions for a humanitarian emergency, and Antonio Guterres should promptly explain this emergency in order to send independent assistance.
All that the US Vice President Pence no longer heard. With a threefold salutation, the number two of the USA had left again after 18 minutes.
The Russian UN ambassador Nebenzia later foamed. Pence had left long ago. He had come to talk. Not to listen. Vassili Nebenzia called after Pence. „If they want to make America big, what we all want, then they stop interfering in the affairs of other countries.“
Venezuela on the verge of a humanitarian disaster
Venezuela, however, is a country that is going under. By the end of the year, five million refugees are expected, an exodus. Currently, says UN emergency coordinator Lowcock, seven million Venezuelans need humanitarian aid – and rising. The health system has collapsed. The crisis in Venezuela meets all the conditions for a humanitarian emergency, and Antonio Guterres should promptly explain this emergency in order to send independent assistance.
All that the US Vice President Pence no longer heard. With a threefold salutation, the number two of the USA had left again after 18 minutes.
