Maintenance of international peace and security - Security Council, 9672nd meeting

Adopting Resolution 2739 (2024) on Yemen, Security Council Demands Houthis Immediately Cease All Attacks against Merchant, Commercial Vessels

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 00:18:10
• Production Date: 27 June 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: ARMED CONFLICTS; ARMED INCIDENTS; ARMED GROUPS; CONFLICT SITUATION; BALLISTIC MISSILES; SHIPPING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARITIME TRANSPORT; SECURITY SITUATIONS; VOTING; YEMEN SITUATION; MIDDLE EAST SITUATION; PALESTINE QUESTION
• Geographic Subject: YEMEN; RED SEA; GULF OF ADEN
• MAMS Id: 3234298
• Parent Id: 3225372

Description

Draft resolution contained in document S/2024/500. 

Submitted by: Japan, United States of America. 

Vote: 12 in favour; 0 against; 3 abstention(s) (Algeria, China, Russian Federation). 

The draft resolution was adopted as resolution S/RES/2739 (2024). 

Statement after the vote: United States of America (on behalf of: Japan, United States of America). 

Statements after the vote: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, China, Russian Federation, Algeria, Sierra Leone, Guyana. 

Condemning continued attacks on merchant and commercial vessels from Houthi-controlled territories in Yemen, perpetuating an unstable and volatile situation in the Red Sea and surrounding waterways, the Security Council today adopted an updated resolution demanding that the Houthis immediately cease all such aggression. 

Related Sites and Documents

UN Press Coverage

S/RES/2739 (2024)

S/2024/500