安理會將討論委內瑞拉危機
U.N. officials say the United States and Italy have organized an informal U.N. Security Council meeting on Venezuela, aimed at preventing the crisis in that country from turning into a security threat.
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley will chair the informal meeting on Monday, which will include addresses from U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein and Organization of American States Secretary-General Luis Almagro.
The meeting comes as Venezuela faces the possibility of defaulting on its debt. On Friday, a committee of Venezuelan creditors postponed until next week a decision on whether state oil company PDVSA has officially defaulted on its debt payments.
“As the Venezuelan economy continues to crumble, the situation will likely only worsen, especially as the country is at risk of defaulting on its debt,” the U.N. note said.
The statement also said that over the past six months, more than 500,000 Venezuelans have fled political turmoil in the country, as well as fleeing soaring inflation and widespread shortages of food and medicine.聯合國官員說，美國和意大利召集安理會非正式會議，討論委內瑞拉問題，努力防止委內瑞拉的危機轉爲安全威脅。
美國駐聯合國代表黑利將主持星期一的非正式會議。聯合國人權事務專員胡賽因和美洲國家組織祕書長阿爾馬格羅將在會議上發言。
委內瑞拉目前可能無法償還其債務。星期五，委內瑞拉的一個債權人委員會決定推遲到下星期正式決定委內瑞拉國營石油公司PDVSA是否債務違約。
聯合國的通告說，委內瑞拉經濟繼續崩潰，看來還會進一步惡化，尤其是還面臨債務違約的風險。
通告還說，6個月以來，50多萬委內瑞拉人因爲政治動亂，惡性通貨膨脹以及食物和藥物短缺而逃到國外。
