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Latest post: Sun 12 Jul 2026Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
The Red Sea: Vote on a Draft Resolution
On Tuesday morning (14 July), the Security Council is expected to hold a meeting under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item to vote on a draft resolution extending the monthly reporting requirement for the Secretary-General on attacks by the Houthi rebel group in Yemen on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The draft resolution in blue extends the reporting obligation—which was established by resolution 2722 of 10 January 2024 and last renewed through resolution 2812 of 14 January—for another six months, until 15 January 2027. Greece and the US, the co-penholders on the Red Sea crisis, authored the text. The reporting requirement has been renewed four times, in six-month intervals, with the last three renewals (2025-2026) having been co-authored by Greece and the US. (For more information and background on resolution 2722, see the brief on the Red Sea in our June 2026 Monthly Forecast.)
The draft text in blue is a short, straightforward renewal, with one preambular paragraph recalling all relevant previous resolutions, and one operative paragraph extending the reporting requirement outlined in resolution 2722.
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