Gulf states urge UN action to ensure Strait of Hormuz safety
Key takeaways
- Draft resolution demands Iran halt attacks, disclose mines, and ensure humanitarian aid passage through the Strait.
- Ensuring the strait remains open is a “demand set forth” by UN conventions, as well as a “shared international responsibility,” said Qatar’s ambassador to the UN, Alya Ahmed Saif al-Thani.
- The oil and gas-rich countries have found themselves on the front line of the war between Tehran and Washington.
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Draft resolution demands Iran halt attacks, disclose mines, and ensure humanitarian aid passage through the Strait.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo The US Ambassador to the United Nations is joined by envoys from Gulf countries as he speaks to reporters about a UNSC draft resolution on the Strait of Hormuz, May 7, 2026 [Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff and APPublished On 7 May 20267 May 2026Gulf states are pushing a United Nations Security Council resolution that threatens Iran with sanctions and other measures if it does not halt attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, stop imposing “illegal tolls”, and disclose the location of all mines to allow freedom of navigation.
Speaking at the UN on Thursday, top diplomats from Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) stressed the importance of resuming pre-war traffic levels in the narrow waterway through which about a fifth of global energy exports pass in peacetime.