The UN Security Council has postponed a vote on authorising the use of defensive force to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks.
The 15-member body was set to vote last night on a draft resolution brought by Bahrain, but the schedule shifted. The reason given was that the United Nations observes Good Friday as a public holiday. The Gulf nation of Bahrain holds the presidency of the UN Security Council this month. No new date has been given for voting on the draft.
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 U.S.-Israeli strikes that triggered the month-old war in West Asia.
“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.