The U.S. and U.K.’s coordinated attack Thursday evening on the Iran-backed Houthi rebel—who have been wreaking havoc on international shipping routes in the Red Sea for weeks—has been met by members of Congress with a bipartisan mix of support but also some unease over President Joe Biden’s seemingly unilateral executive action that risks escalating the conflict already raging in the Middle East.
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00:00 Noting that airstrikes were launched yesterday across multiple parts of Yemen
00:05 by the United States and the United Kingdom and with the support of other countries,
00:10 the Secretary General underscores that Security Council Resolution 2722
00:15 must be fully respected in its entirety.
00:19 The Secretary General reiterates that attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea
00:24 are not acceptable and they endanger the safety and security of global supply chains,
00:29 and have a negative impact on the economic and humanitarian situation around the world.
00:35 The Security Council demands in that Resolution 2722
00:39 that Houthis immediately cease all such attacks on commercial shipping.
00:44 This resolution must be fully respected.
00:48 The Secretary General calls upon all member states defending their vessels from attacks
00:53 to do so in accordance with international law as stipulated in the resolution.
00:58 The Secretary General further calls on all parties involved not to escalate even more
01:03 the situation in the interest of peace and stability in the Red Sea and the wider region.
01:09 Furthermore, the Secretary General stresses the need to avoid acts
01:13 that could further worsen the situation in Yemen itself.
01:17 He calls for every effort to be made to ensure that Yemen pursues a path of peace
01:22 and that the work undertaken thus far to end the conflict in Yemen should not be lost.