Pence to address U.N. Security Council on Venezuela next week

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a meeting at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Advanced Training Facility in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, U.S., March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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JOSHUA ROBERTS(Reuters)
UNITEDNATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will address the United Nations Security Council next week on Venezuela, a White House official said on Friday, as the 15-member body remains deadlocked over how to deal with the country’s political and humanitarian crisis.
The meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, diplomats said.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols and Roberta Rampton; Editing by Mary Milliken and Tom Brown)