UN Security Council Weighs Resolution on Use of Force in Hormuz

The UN Security Council is negotiating on a draft resolution introduced by Bahrain to authorize states to use “all necessary means” to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, diplomatic sources said.

The draft resolution, seen by AFP, proposes allowing member states “to use all necessary means” – including within the territorial waters of littoral states within or bordering the Strait – “to secure transit passage and to repress, neutralize and deter attempts to close, obstruct or otherwise interfere with international navigation” there.

The draft text also demands that Iran “immediately cease all attacks against merchant and commercial vessels and any attempt to impede lawful transit passage or freedom of navigation” in and around the Strait. (AFP)