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January 6, 2026

U.S. Assault on Venezuela Condemned by Allies and Adversaries Alike at U.N. Security Council
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The United States faced widespread condemnation from members of the
United Nations Security Council who convened an emergency session in New
York Monday to discuss the U.S. attack on Venezuela. U.N.
Secretary-General António Guterres told ambassadors there must be
respect for national sovereignty, political independence and territorial
integrity, after warning the U.S. had set a "dangerous precedent" for
the world order. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz
defended the Trump administration's actions as a legitimate "law
enforcement operation." Condemning the attacks as a violation of the
U.N. Charter were Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Eritrea, Mexico,
Russia, South Africa and Spain. This is Venezuela's ambassador to the
United Nations, Samuel Moncada.

Samuel Moncada: "Allowing such acts to go without an effective answer
would amount to normalizing the replacement of law by might, while
eroding the very foundations of the collective security system. Today,
it is not only the sovereignty of Venezuela at stake. At stake is the
credibility of international law, as is the authority of this
organization, as well as the principle that no state can appoint itself
as judge and enforcer of the world order."



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