UN Security Council To Vote On Strait Of Hormuz Shipping Resolution
The UN Security Council is set to vote on Tuesday, April 7, on a resolution aimed at protecting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
The vote has been placed on the agenda by Bahrain, the council’s rotating president.
The meeting had been scheduled for last week but was postponed.
The draft resolution has been revised since its initial submission. The earlier version stated that member states would be allowed to use all necessary and appropriate defensive means to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
In the updated version, that language has been removed and replaced with wording that the council strongly encourages coordinated, defensive and proportionate efforts to help ensure maritime security.
