The UN Security Council Discusses Maritime Security

On 27 April 2026, the UN Security Council discussed maritime security in the context of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. UN Secretary-general António Guterres first recalled that 20,000 seafarers and more than 2,000 ships remain stranded in the Persian Gulf, unable to disembark. Panamanian Arsenio Domínguez, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), recalled that under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and customary law, international (…)