On Libya, Venezuela Says Why Abstained From EU / “High Seas”Resolution, Transcribed Here

By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive series UNITED NATIONS, October 9 -- On October 9, the delayed Libya / High Seas resolution was approved in the UN Security Council, with Venezuela abstaining. Venezuela's Rafael Ramirez said military action is not the solution, and that the wider problem should be dealt with in the UN General Assembly. ...

Libya Writes to UNSC It Is OK “High Seas” Resolution, Full Text Here

  By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive series UNITED NATIONS, October 8 -- With the EU's Federica Mogherini in the UN for General Assembly week, Inner City Press tried and ultimately succeeded to ask her about EU NAVFOR MED Phase II, and how it would start without UN Security Council approval on which the Council's three African members have concerns.  On October ...