Lawyers & UN condemn Trump's strike

But at an emergency session of the UN's Security Council, undersecretary general Rosemary DiCarlo read a statement on behalf of Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

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It said: "I am deeply concerned about the possible intensification of instability in the country, the potential impact on the region, and the precedent it may set for how relations between and among states are conducted."

The US administration is currently working to establish an interim government for Venezuela, according to top officials.