US requests UN vote on Venezuela for Thursday

United States has requested a vote today at the UN Security Council on a draft resolution calling for the Presidential elections in Venezuela and unimpeded deliveries of humanitarian aid. Russia and China, who support President Nicolas Maduro, are likely to veto the measure that expresses deep concern about the actions of a regime



that have caused an economic collapse.

The US-drafted measure expresses support for the peaceful restoration of democracy and rule of law in Venezuela and requests that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres broker a deal on holding fresh elections.