UN Security Council delays vote on authorizing force to protect Hormuz
The UN Security Council has postponed a vote scheduled for Friday on authorizing the use of 'defensive' force to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks, according to the official program.
The 15-member body was set to vote Friday morning on a draft resolution brought by Bahrain, but by Thursday night the schedule shifted.
No new date has been given for voting on the draft.
Iran has placed a stranglehold on the key shipping lane threatening fuel supplies and roiling the global economy in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes that triggered the month-old Middle East war.
'We cannot accept economic terrorism affecting our region and the world, the whole world is being affected by the developments,' Bahrain's United Nations ambassador Jamal Alrowaiei said this week.
He said the text, which has gone through several amendments and is supported by the United States, 'comes at a critical juncture.'
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for countries struggling with fuel shortages to 'go get your own oil' in the Strait of Hormuz, adding that US forces would not help them.
A sixth and final draft, seen by AFP, greenlights member states either unilaterally or as 'voluntary multinational naval partnerships' to use 'all defensive means necessary and commensurate with the circumstances.'
It applies to the strait and adjacent waters to 'secure transit passage and to deter attempts to close, obstruct or otherwise interfere with international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.'
The measure would last for a period of at least six months.
The draft resolution has been molded in a bid to rally several countries that have appeared skeptical, including Russia, China and France.
Revised wording no longer explicitly invokes Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which allows the Security Council to authorize armed force to restore peace.
The latest version, which was scheduled to be voted on at 11:00 am (1500 GMT) Friday before the postponement, also emphasizes the defensive nature of any intervention a stipulation that seems to have alleviated French concerns.
AFP
The UN Security Council has postponed a vote scheduled for Friday on authorizing the use of 'defensive' force to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks, according to the official program.
The 15-member body was set to vote Friday morning on a draft resolution brought by Bahrain, but by Thursday night the schedule shifted.
No new date has been given for voting on the draft.
Iran has placed a stranglehold on the key shipping lane threatening fuel supplies and roiling the global economy in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes that triggered the month-old Middle East war.
'We cannot accept economic terrorism affecting our region and the world, the whole world is being affected by the developments,' Bahrain's United Nations ambassador Jamal Alrowaiei said this week.
He said the text, which has gone through several amendments and is supported by the United States, 'comes at a critical juncture.'
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for countries struggling with fuel shortages to 'go get your own oil' in the Strait of Hormuz, adding that US forces would not help them.
A sixth and final draft, seen by AFP, greenlights member states either unilaterally or as 'voluntary multinational naval partnerships' to use 'all defensive means necessary and commensurate with the circumstances.'
It applies to the strait and adjacent waters to 'secure transit passage and to deter attempts to close, obstruct or otherwise interfere with international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.'
The measure would last for a period of at least six months.
The draft resolution has been molded in a bid to rally several countries that have appeared skeptical, including Russia, China and France.
Revised wording no longer explicitly invokes Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which allows the Security Council to authorize armed force to restore peace.
The latest version, which was scheduled to be voted on at 11:00 am (1500 GMT) Friday before the postponement, also emphasizes the defensive nature of any intervention a stipulation that seems to have alleviated French concerns.
AFP
The UN Security Council has postponed a vote scheduled for Friday on authorizing the use of 'defensive' force to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks, according to the official program.
The 15-member body was set to vote Friday morning on a draft resolution brought by Bahrain, but by Thursday night the schedule shifted.
No new date has been given for voting on the draft.
Iran has placed a stranglehold on the key shipping lane threatening fuel supplies and roiling the global economy in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes that triggered the month-old Middle East war.
'We cannot accept economic terrorism affecting our region and the world, the whole world is being affected by the developments,' Bahrain's United Nations ambassador Jamal Alrowaiei said this week.
He said the text, which has gone through several amendments and is supported by the United States, 'comes at a critical juncture.'
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for countries struggling with fuel shortages to 'go get your own oil' in the Strait of Hormuz, adding that US forces would not help them.
A sixth and final draft, seen by AFP, greenlights member states either unilaterally or as 'voluntary multinational naval partnerships' to use 'all defensive means necessary and commensurate with the circumstances.'
It applies to the strait and adjacent waters to 'secure transit passage and to deter attempts to close, obstruct or otherwise interfere with international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.'
The measure would last for a period of at least six months.
The draft resolution has been molded in a bid to rally several countries that have appeared skeptical, including Russia, China and France.
Revised wording no longer explicitly invokes Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which allows the Security Council to authorize armed force to restore peace.
The latest version, which was scheduled to be voted on at 11:00 am (1500 GMT) Friday before the postponement, also emphasizes the defensive nature of any intervention a stipulation that seems to have alleviated French concerns.
AFP
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UN Security Council delays vote on authorizing force to protect Hormuz
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