United Nations Security Council Resolution 2722

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UN Security Council
Resolution 2722

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Date

10 January 2024

Meeting no.

9,527

Code

S/RES/2722 (Document)

Subject

Maintenance of international peace and security

Voting summary

11 voted for
None voted against
4 abstained

Result

Adopted

Security Council composition

Permanent members

Non-permanent members

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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.^[1]

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]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Adopting Resolution 2722 (2024) Security Council Demands Houthis Immediately Stop Attacks on Merchant, Commercial Vessels in Red Sea". United Nations. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ "UN Security Council adopts resolution on Red Sea attacks by Houthis". Xinhua News. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 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…". The National Tribune. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ Baldor, Lolita C.; Copp, Tara (11 January 2024). "US, British militaries launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024.

External links

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

v t e United Nations Security Council resolutions adopted in 2024
← 2722 2723 2724 2725 2726 2727 2728 2729 2730 2731 2732 2733 2734 2735 2736 2737 2738 2739 2740 2741 2742 2743 2744 2745 2746 2747 2748 2749 2750 2751 2752 2753 2754 2755 2756 2757 2758 2759 2760 2761 2762 2763 2764

v t e Red Sea crisis
Timeline Order of battle
Attacks	Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou 2023 attack on the Chem Pluto Marlin Luanda missile strike Attacks on the MV Tutor 2024 Houthi drone attack on Israel Attacks on the Sounion
Military operations	Operation Prosperity Guardian Operation Aspides Operation Poseidon Archer Operation Outstretched Arm
Diplomacy	United Nations Security Council Resolution 2722
Yemeni civil war Israel–Hamas war

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