A UN diplomat said that despite dropping the Chapter VII reference, which was also done with the last month’s resolution, the new draft did not address Chinese and Russian objections.
China’s UN mission said it had no comment on the new draft, and the Russian mission did not immediately respond.
A statement from Russia’s mission on Thursday said Security Council members should refrain from “pushing through one-sided and confrontational draft resolutions” that could “trigger a new wave of escalation in the Middle East.”
“It is precisely for this reason that on April 7, Russia, along with China, blocked the adoption of a draft resolution on the situation in the Strait of Hormuz,” it said.
On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the proposed resolution a test of the utility of the United Nations and urged China and Russia not to veto it.
Regional tensions have sharply escalated since the US and Israel launched war against Iran on February 28, triggering Iranian retaliation against Israel and the Gulf nations hosting US assets, along with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
A ceasefire took effect on April 8, mediated by Pakistan, though negotiations in Islamabad failed to produce a permanent agreement. Trump later announced an extension of the truce without setting a deadline.
The US has maintained a naval blockade targeting Iranian maritime traffic in the Strait since April 13.