Geneva, UN Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific Madam President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council. At the outset, let me reiterate the Secretary-General’s strong warnings that continued tensions in and around the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab pose grave risks to international peace and security, regional stability and the global economy. Every…
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Nearly nine months after Israeli and US strikes on Iran set off a regional war, the Gulf remains on a knife edge. Iran has all but closed the Strait of Hormuz, which carried a fifth of the world’s oil before the conflict. Attacks on shipping are rising, and efforts to stop a return to full-scale fighting have yet to produce a deal. The Security Council is meeting at Bahrain’s request to discuss the threat to regional and maritime security. Follow live below – and for full meetings coverage year round, go here.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to spread amid repeated and ongoing deadly attacks on civilians and frontline health workers by armed groups that are obstructing efforts to stop transmission, UN responders said on Friday.
