United Nations Security Council Resolution 2722

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]

UN Security Council Resolution 2722
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	China  France  Russia  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Algeria  Ecuador  Guyana  Japan  South Korea  Malta  Mozambique  Sierra Leone  Slovenia   Switzerland
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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]

See also

• Yemen portal

• Red Sea crisis
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2701 to 2800 (2023–present)