UN Security Council
2024

Stressing that the stability and prosperity of the coastal states of the Red Sea contributes to international peace and security, Emphasizing that increased cost of transportation of essential goods will have a negative impact on the economic and humanitarian situation worldwide, including of the Yemeni civilian population, Recalling its resolutions regarding Yemen, and also previous attacks against oil terminals under the control of the Government of Yemen, Affirming its respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the coastal States of the Red Sea, and reiterating that States in the region have a leadership role to play, in close cooperation with regional and sub–regional organizations, in contributing to peace and security, 1. Condemns in the strongest terms the at least two dozen Houthi attacks on merchant and commercial vessels since November 19, 2023, when the Houthis attacked and seized the Galaxy Leader and its crew; 24-00437 (E) *2400437* S/RES/2722 (2024) 2. Demands that the Houthis immediately cease all such attacks, which impede global commerce and undermine navigational rights and freedoms as well as