Threats to international peace and security - Security Council, 10080th meeting

Security Council debates United States–Venezuela standoff, as calls mount for restraint.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:33:22
• Production Date: 23 December 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: MOHAMED KHALED KHIARI
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF PEACE OPERATIONS - DPO; DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING AFFAIRS - DPPA
• Subject Topical: DRUG TRAFFICKING; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; MILITARY ACTIVITY; CONFLICT
• Geographic Subject: LATIN AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA; CARIBBEAN SEA
• MAMS Id: 3521924
• Parent Id: 3521485
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10080 INTL PEACE SECURITY 23 DEC 2025 PM

Description

As the United States continues to interdict vessels off the coast of Venezuela, many speakers in the Security Council today urged restraint over escalation while regional States criticized the Governments of both countries and pleaded for adherence to international law.

Military actions are “further heightening tensions between the two countries”, said Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations. The United States’ strikes on vessels alleged to be illegally carrying drugs in the Southern Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific have continued and, according to that country’s authorities, 105 individuals have been killed in these strikes since 2 September. “The exact locations of these incidents have not been disclosed,” he added.

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