Not that it would have made any difference if passed
China, Russia veto UN Security Council resolution on Strait of Hormuz
The resolution has failed with:
- Two votes against – Russia and China
- 11 in favour
- Two abstentions
The resolution initially called for Article 7, which would have given member states authorization to use force to open up the Strait of Hormuz.
Ultimately, what was voted on today was a version that strongly encouraged states interested in the use of the Strait of Hormuz for commercial maritime routes to coordinate efforts in a defensive manner.
Vague language and the meaning of defense has been turned upside down with the Gaza genocide. Not that insurance companies would start insuring ships going through the strait again on the back of a useless UNSC resolution.
The UN is sitting on the sidelines, and hasn't even condemned the war of aggression the US and Israel have commenced nor the war crimes US/Israel are committing daily. Only one (passed) resolution 2817 condemning Iran's retaliatory actions. The mask is well off the UNSC as well, UN oppression council.
Israel is already bombing bridges in Iran, Iran is not going to make a distinction between US and Israel. It doesn't matter that Trumps wants a ceasefire, Israel is not going to 'allow' it anyway.
According to a Pakistani source, there are essentially detractors in both camps – within Iran’s IRGC and obviously within the US – who do not want any prospects of peace. This source told me that the biggest detractor of all is Israel, it does not want the US to come out of this war. Israel only wants an escalation, a perpetual war in which the region inevitably gets involved and there is infighting.
