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The United Nations has scheduled interactive dialogues for the four declared Secretary-General candidates at UN Headquarters in New York, moving the race from quiet lobbying into a more public and closely watched phase.

A General Assembly debate over the Strait of Hormuz laid bare the widening split at the United Nations, as PGA Annalena Baerbock put the Russian and Chinese vetoes under scrutiny and delegations from the Gulf, the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Israel fought to define the crisis.

At a Security Council stakeout, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the Middle East crisis is becoming a test of whether international law still carries force, while signaling cautious hope for renewed U.S.-Iran talks and offering a blunt diagnosis of the Hezbollah-Israel cycle destabilizing Lebanon.

Bahrain’s push for a U.N. Security Council resolution on freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz collapsed after Russia and China vetoed the draft despite majority support. The failed vote exposed a deeper divide over Iran, maritime security, and who gets to define the crisis shaping one of the world’s most critical energy routes.