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Security Council meeting on the Middle East and Strait of Hormuz

The UN Security Council debated a Bahrain-proposed text on Hormuz after Resolution 2817. The recorded vote showed broad but not unanimous support, illustrating that legal condemnation and enforcement consensus were not the same.

SA, AE, QA, KW, BH, OM · International law, Maritime, Diplomacy

What the source contributes

The UN Security Council debated a Bahrain-proposed text on Hormuz after Resolution 2817. The recorded vote showed broad but not unanimous support, illustrating that legal condemnation and enforcement consensus were not the same.

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