The 15-member Security Council voted 11 in ​favour of the ​resolution, with two against — China ‌and ⁠Russia — and two abstentions.

“The draft resolution has not been adopted, ​owing ​to ⁠the negative vote of a permanent ​member of ​the ⁠Council, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid ⁠Al ​Zayani told ​the Council.

US President Donald Trump ​threatened that “a whole civilisation will die tonight” as Iran showed no sign of accepting his ultimatum to open the ​Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening, Washington time.

Oil prices have surged since the US and ⁠Israel struck Iran at the end of February, unleashing a conflict that has run for more than five weeks while Tehran ​has largely closed the Strait that was previously the route for about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas.

“The ​draft resolution has not been adopted, owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the Council, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani said.

US AMBASSADOR CONDEMNS THE VETOES

The US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, condemned the Russian and Chinese vetoes, saying they ​marked “a new low” when Iran’s shutting of the Strait was preventing medical aid and supplies from reaching humanitarian crises in the ​Congo, Sudan and Gaza.

“No one should tolerate that. They are holding the global economy at gunpoint. But today, Russia and China did ‌tolerate it. ⁠They sided with a regime that seeks to intimidate the Gulf into submission, even as it brutalises its own people.”

Waltz said Iran could choose “to reopen the Strait, to seek peace and to make amends.

“But until then and afterwards, we call on responsible nations to join us in securing the Strait of Hormuz, protecting it, ensuring that it remains open to lawful ​commerce, to humanitarian goods, and ​the free movement of the ⁠world’s goods,” he said.

France deplored the vetoes.

“The aim was to encourage strictly, purely defensive measures to provide the security and safety for the Strait without spiralling towards escalation,” its UN ​ambassador Jerome Bonnafont said.

China and Russia used their vetoes even though Bahrain had significantly weakened ​its draft after ⁠China opposed authorising the force.

The draft submitted to a vote dropped any authorisation of the use of force. An explicit reference to binding enforcement, included in an earlier draft, was also left out.

Instead, the text strongly encouraged States “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.”

It also said such contributions could include “the escort of merchant and commercial vessels,” and endorsed efforts “to deter attempts to close, obstruct ​or otherwise interfere with international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.”