UAE asks UN to okay measures, including force, to open Hormuz

The UAE called on the UN to authorise a range of measures, including force, to reopen the Hormuz. In a letter dated Tuesday and addressed to the UN secretary general and the president of the Security Council, Mohamed Abushahab, the UAE’s envoy to the UN, asked the council to take “immediate action”.

The UN’s Chapter Seven — which the UAE cited in its letter — allows the Security Council to address threats to peace or acts of aggression by authorising the use of force or other measures, including economic blockades and severing diplomatic ties.Bloomberg