{"id":20220,"date":"2026-04-18T04:55:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20220"},"modified":"2026-04-18T04:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:55:45","slug":"un-welcomes-lebanon-ceasefire-strait-of-hormuz-reopening-as-step-toward-stability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/18\/un-welcomes-lebanon-ceasefire-strait-of-hormuz-reopening-as-step-toward-stability\/","title":{"rendered":"UN welcomes Lebanon ceasefire, Strait of Hormuz reopening as step toward stability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The United Nations has described the ceasefire in Lebanon and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as important steps toward a more stable and forward-looking path in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, reiterated the message in a post on X, echoing earlier remarks by Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She emphasized that these developments should help build trust among parties and pave the way for sustained dialogue aimed at achieving lasting and just peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohammed also stressed the importance of maintaining the ceasefire under all circumstances and ensuring the protection of civilians, especially women and children in full accordance with international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comments follow Guterres\u2019 earlier welcome of the ceasefire in Lebanon and Iran\u2019s decision to reopen the strategic waterway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite broad international support and growing hopes for regional stability, senior Iranian officials have said the continued reopening of the Strait of Hormuz depends on the end of the U.S. naval blockade against Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The United Nations has described the ceasefire in Lebanon and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as important steps toward a more stable and forward-looking path in the region. Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, reiterated the message in a post on X, echoing earlier remarks by Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20222,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20220\/revisions\/20222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}