/* Design 2: Cinematic Immersive Hero – NO Sidebar */
.zpu-sidebar { display: none !important; }
.zpu-main-col { max-width: 820px !important; margin: 0 auto !important; width: 100% !important; }
.zp-d2-hero {
position: relative;
width: 100%;
height: 520px;
border-radius: 16px;
overflow: hidden;
margin-bottom: 36px;
box-shadow: 0 20px 40px -15px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}
.zp-d2-hero img {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
object-fit: cover;
display: block;
}
.zp-d2-overlay {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(15,23,42,0.1) 0%, rgba(15,23,42,0.85) 75%, rgba(15,23,42,0.98) 100%);
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: flex-end;
padding: 40px 32px;
color: #ffffff;
}
.zp-d2-tag {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 8px;
background: #dc2626;
color: #ffffff;
padding: 6px 14px;
border-radius: 999px;
font-size: 0.78rem;
font-weight: 700;
letter-spacing: 0.08em;
text-transform: uppercase;
margin-bottom: 16px;
width: fit-content;
box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(220,38,38,0.4);
}
.zp-d2-hero-title {
font-size: 2.2rem;
font-weight: 800;
line-height: 1.25;
color: #ffffff;
margin: 0 0 16px;
text-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}
@media (max-width: 768px) {
.zp-d2-hero { height: 420px; }
.zp-d2-hero-title { font-size: 1.6rem; }
}
.zp-d2-meta {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 16px;
font-size: 0.85rem;
color: rgba(255,255,255,0.85);
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.zp-d2-meta span { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 5px; }
.zp-d2-content {
font-family: Georgia, Cambria, “Times New Roman”, Times, serif;
font-size: 1.15rem;
line-height: 1.85;
color: #334155;
}
.zp-d2-content p { margin-bottom: 24px; }
.zp-d2-callout {
background: #f8fafc;
border: 1px solid #e2e8f0;
border-radius: 12px;
padding: 24px;
margin: 32px 0;
font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, “Segoe UI”, Roboto, sans-serif;
box-shadow: 0 4px 6px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
}
.zp-d2-callout h4 {
font-size: 1.05rem;
font-weight: 700;
color: #0f172a;
margin: 0 0 12px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 8px;
}
.zp-d2-treaty-grid {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(220px, 1fr));
gap: 16px;
margin-top: 16px;
}
.zp-d2-treaty-item {
background: #ffffff;
padding: 14px;
border-radius: 8px;
border: 1px solid #cbd5e1;
}
.zp-d2-treaty-item strong { display: block; color: #0284c7; font-size: 0.85rem; margin-bottom: 4px; }
.zp-d2-treaty-item p { font-size: 0.82rem; margin: 0; line-height: 1.5; font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; }
GENEVA — After nine grueling months of backchannel negotiations behind closed doors at the Palais des Nations, foreign ministers from 14 nations, including key regional Gulf stakeholders, European maritime powers, and Asian trade delegations, put pen to paper this morning on what UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the “most pivotal maritime peace framework since the Montego Bay Convention.”
The landmark multilateral treaty—formally titled the Geneva Protocol on Trans-Continental Navigational Security—establishes a neutral, internationally monitored maritime safe zone stretching from the Gulf of Aden through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait and across the Red Sea basin, effectively ending two years of volatile commercial shipping disruptions.
Core Pillars of the Geneva Accord
Establishment of a 60-nautical-mile international commercial transit highway guaranteed against sovereign blockades.
Unarmed surveillance aircraft jointly operated under a joint UN-IMO monitoring command in Djibouti.
Global reinsurance pool backed by $18 billion sovereign guarantees to slash merchant cargo premiums by 70%.
The economic repercussions reverberated immediately across international commodity hubs. Brent crude dipped 3.4% within forty minutes of the announcement, while global dry-bulk freight futures posted their steepest single-day normalization in twenty-four months. Global container lines including Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announced plans to re-route their primary Asia-Europe fleets back through the Suez corridor by November.
“This treaty proves that economic necessity and multilateral dialogue remain more potent than geopolitical friction,” said Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis during the closing ceremonial address. “The waters of the Red Sea belong to the collective prosperity of human commerce.”