France drafts UN mission proposal for Strait of Hormuz navigation

On September 22, Reuters reported that France began drafting, with the United States, a UN Security Council resolution for an international mission intended to restore commercial movement through the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier attempts failed amid Chinese and Russian objections, and diplomats said no timetable had been set for circulation of the new draft. Shipowners, traders and lenders should treat the initiative as a contingency signal rather than an operative legal protection, since mandate, participation and rules of engagement remain unresolved. Contract teams should continue pricing delay and route risk while watching whether the proposal separates navigation security from the wider Iran conflict sufficiently to obtain Security Council support.