UN asks Venezuela to accept humanitarian aid

The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday voted through a resolution urging the government of crisis-hit Venezuela to "accept humanitarian assistance" to alleviate the country's "scarcity" of food and medicines. The decision marked the first time in the history of the UN's top rights body that it has adopted a resolution on Venezuela, council spokesman Rolando Gomez told AFP. The text, tabled by a range of Latin American countries along with Canada, passed with 23 of the council's 47 members voting in favour, 17 abstaining and seven, including China, Cuba and Venezuela voting against.More…