Venezuela's ambassador Francisco Javier Arias Cardenas said his country would agree only if the U.S. stops its pressure tactics.

NPR: U.S. and Venezuela Battle at the U.N.

Ambassador FRANCISCO JAVIER ARIAS CARDENAS (Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations): (Through translator) For there to be a consensus, we will agree, so long as Mr. Bolton or Mr. Bush stand here in front of the international community and accept to withdraw their pressures against all countries that they have been pressuring with money and extortions of all kinds.

NPR: U.S. and Venezuela Battle at the U.N.