The United Nations Security Council at the request of President Irfaan Ali is set to this afternoon address Venezuelan Presi-dent Nicolas Maduro’s approval of the creation of a new state in Essequibo, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud said last evening on the social platform X formerly known as Twitter.
According to Persaud, the UN Security Council is expected to look at the matter from the perspective of Maduro’s violation of the rules of international law requiring states to respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of other states.
Further Persaud pointed to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order on Provisional Measures, issued December 1st 2023, which prohibits Venezuela from taking any action to interfere with Guyana’s administration and control of its Essequibo region “pending the court’s final ruling on the merits of the controversy”.
