Arsenio highlighted that IMO will continue to enhance the safety and secure transit of vessels of all States through the Red Sea and will closely monitor the situation, in collaboration with Member States and partners from the industry.
Furthermore, he noted that the entire world depends on international shipping. Seafarers, ships and cargoes should not be the subject of attacks.
We must all work together to ensure safety of seafarers, freedom of navigation and stability of supply chains. And I join the calls for caution and restraint to avoid further escalation of the situation in the Red Sea and the broader region.
..Arsenio said.
Secretary-General added that he wholeheartedly reiterate his strong support for the immediate release of the Galaxy Leader and its crew.
The UN Security Council adopted UN Security Council Resolution 2722 (2024) on 10 January 2024, stressing, among others, that the Security Council condemns in the strongest terms the at least two dozen Houthi attacks on merchant and commercial and demands that the Houthis immediately cease all such attacks, which impede global commerce and undermine navigational rights and freedoms as well as regional peace and security.
It further demands that the Houthis immediately release the Galaxy Leader and its crew and urges caution and restraint to avoid further escalation of the situation in the Red Sea and the broader region, and encourages enhanced diplomatic efforts by all parties to that end, including continued support for dialogue and Yemen’s peace process under the UN auspices.
