GENEVA: The UN Security Council has postponed a vote scheduled for Friday on authorizing the use of “defensive” force to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks, according to the official program.
The 15-member body was set to vote Friday morning on a draft resolution brought by Bahrain, but by Thursday night the schedule shifted.
The reason given was that the United Nations observes Good Friday as a public holiday, according to diplomatic sources — despite this fact being known when the vote was first announced.
No new date has been given for voting on the draft.
Iran has placed a stranglehold on the key shipping lane — threatening fuel supplies and roiling the global economy — in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes that triggered the month-old Middle East war.
