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UN Security Council delays vote on force to protect Strait of Hormuz shipping
A Bahrain-drafted resolution to authorize multinational defensive force to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz was postponed for Good Friday and has no new date amid divisions at the UN over measures targeting Iran.
Apr 3rd 2026 · Iran
Insights
- Friday's vote was postponed because the UN observes Good Friday and no new date has been set.
- The Bahrain-drafted resolution would allow member states to use "all defensive means necessary" to secure transit through the Strait of Hormuz for at least six months.
- The text was revised to emphasize defensive action and no longer explicitly cites Chapter 7 of the UN Charter.
- The United States backs the draft while China and Russia have warned they may veto it and France has expressed reservations.
- Iran has restricted passage in the strait in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes, disrupting global oil and gas flows that normally carry about one fifth of world supplies.
Sources
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- UN to vote on Hormuz resolution as China opposes authorisation of force www.straitstimes.com
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- UN Security Council vote to secure Hormuz, rules out offensive force www.thehindu.com
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- US/Israel-Iran War (Day 35): UN postpones vote on Strait of Hormuz www.premiumtimesng.com
- UN Security Council to vote on authorizing force to protect Hormuz www.france24.com
- Trump says US can take Strait of Hormuz with more time www.straitstimes.com
- Trump says U.S. can take Strait of Hormuz with more time www.thehindu.com
- US can take Strait of Hormuz ‘with more time’, says Trump www.scmp.com