UN-led efforts to prevent a catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea took a major step forward on Thursday with the announcement of a deal to purchase a vessel that will remove more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker that has threatened the region for years.
![[UN News photo]](https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/13-06-2022_UNRCO_FSO-Safer.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg "Alert: Vessel to remove oil from stricken Yemen tanker could arrive by May 16")
