United Nations Security Council Resolution 2722 Explained
| Number: | 2722 |
| Organ: | SC |
| Date: | 10 January |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Meeting: | 9,527 |
| Code: | S/RES/2722 |
| Document: | https://undocs.org/S/RES/2722(2024) |
| For: | 11 |
| Abstention: | 4 |
| Against: | 0 |
| Subject: | Maintenance of international peace and security |
| Result: | Adopted |
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2722 was adopted on 10 January 2024. According to the resolution, the Security Council called for the Houthis in Yemen to immediately cease all attacks on merchant and commercial vessels and to release the captured ship Galaxy Leader and its crew.[1] [2] [3]
Algeria, China, Mozambique and Russia abstained from voting.
Two days later the United States and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands and South Korea, launched a series of air and missile strikes against the Houthis.[4]
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- News: 10 January 2024 . Adopting Resolution 2722 (2024) Security Council Demands Houthis Immediately Stop Attacks on Merchant, Commercial Vessels in Red Sea . 11 January 2024 . United Nations.
- News: 11 January 2024 . UN Security Council adopts resolution on Red Sea attacks by Houthis . 11 January 2024 . Xinhua News.
- News: 11 January 2024 . Adopting Resolution 2722 (2024) with 11 Votes in Favour, 1 Against, Security Council Demands Houthis Immediately Stop Attacks on Merchant, Commercial Vessels… . 11 January 2024 . The National Tribune.
- News: Baldor . Lolita C.. Copp. Tara . 11 January 2024 . US, British militaries launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240112000252/https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-biden-retaliation-attacks-0804b93372cd5e874a0dd03513fe36a2 . 12 January 2024. Associated Press.
