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At 11 am (NY time) the UN Security Council is set to vote on a Bahrain-led draft resolution on the Strait of Hormuz. Negotiations on the draft - that went through six revisions - were contentious over the past two weeks. Russia, China and France opposing various parts of the language in the draft and threatening a veto. It was language that would authorize the use of force to open the Straight that was flat-out rejected by Moscow and Beijing - saying it was escalatory and would give UNSC rubber stamp to use of force. The draft, in its current form, has been re-worked and to make it more acceptable to Council members and the key paragraph now reads: “Strongly encourages States interested in the use of commercial maritime routes in the Strait of Hormuz to coordinate efforts, defensive in nature, commensurate to the circumstances, to contribute to ensuring the safety and security of navigation across the Strait of Hormuz, including through the escort of merchant and commercial vessels, and to deter attempts to close, obstruct or otherwise interfere with international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz." The vote on the draft has been delated several times as diplomats worked the language. It needs 9 votes to pass. Unless a P5 issues veto - and it's unclear if Russia and China plan to veto or abstain and let it be adopted (assuming it gets 9 votes which seems likely). Bahrain is an elected member of the UNSC and this month holds the rotating presidency of the Council. Bahrain's foreign minister, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, will chair the Council meeting and speak to reporters in New York after the vote.

❝I am not anti-semitic, but I am against zionism. Zionism is a form of racism.❞ — Fidel Castro

My Chinese students also think Blacks and Indians are at the bottom of the bottom. Not in a malicious way, but more in a socio-economic civilizational way. Koreans also think so. Japanese also used to think the same about Koreans and Chinese. And Chinese will probably think that way about Japanese and Koreans in a few decades. Asians aren't THAT racist, they're just very hierarchical. If Wakanda was real and Michael B Jordan was a vibranium tech trillionaire with bio-engineered good smell, Asians would find Blacks straight up superior.