it might seem that we should have named it the fanny instead of the human rights can. so if not, we need to take an action to day to save the canso from thinking. the composition of the human rights counsel is as diverse as the world map. as these assembly ease but these council, unlike the assembly, has been established for a specific purpose to promote and for fact human rights around the world. and we are in a unique situation now. when on the territory of another sovereign states, a member of the human rights council can the terrific human rights violations and abuses that would be equated to war crimes and crimes against humanity. boucher and dozens of other ukrainian cities and villages where thousands of

peaceful residents have been killed, tortured, raved, adopted and robbed by the russian army serve as an example of how dramatically far the rational federation has gone from initial declarations in the human rights domain. that is why this case is unique and today's response is obvious and self explanatory. let me offer you another quote. our top most priority is to ensure all human rights and freedoms in their entirety, including political and civil rights, and decent, socio economic and environmental living standards. i believe that these questions are not an internal matter of state,

but rather their obligations under the un charter. the international covenants and conventions. we want to see this approach become a universal norm and a quote for these cars to believe that the about quotation belongs to the president or the russian federation. another president, however, and the times it was said by president yeltsin in 1992 in these statements in his statement and the un security council. we can only regret that the democratic operations of the people of russia in early nineties have, by putting regime been incrementally turned to their opposite aggression hatred and soviet style thinking and reflections. including in the area of human rights

and find a mental freedom. and now we hear completely different statements here in the united nations from the russian federation. they speak alone. we hear from the russian ambassador that there is a warfare in ukraine and civilians are killed in war is being fed as a matter of fact. this monday in cold blood and it's an up as an absolute normal course of action, also known as, quote unquote special operation. so we agree with the describing of killings as something normal. the only healthy should be know, in order to contribute to the maintenance of the house and the house of human rights mechanism. all of you received the russian diplomatic note yesterday

in which our collective effort to preserve the credibility of the human rights council was conceited. as an approach to preserve the eye, quote, domination in total control in the world and a vote and human rights neo colonial policy in international affairs. we have heard many times, the theme, the logic of the aggressor attempting to present itself as a victim. while in fact, doing exactly what is price against its note killing citizens of neighboring country trying dominate, if it not colonize it. in reply to that, we call on russia. when it's rise of membership in the human rights council are suspended. to return to responsible behavior by implementing the decisions

of the assembly and of human rights council. if russia exposes itself from the council, it will be for one choice. and there will be no need to blame others. suspension of the rights of membership of the russian federation in the human rights counsel is not an option but a duty. and let me quote how these duty is formulated. being the operative background, aid of resolution, 60 slash 251. and i quote, the general assembly may suspend the rights of membership in the counsel of a member of the council, but the nice grass and systematic violations of human rights and of vote. so ladies and gentlemen, it's not an option, it is what the resolution prescribes. we've you

voting to suspend the state human rights council rights as a rare and that's the old and reaction how about the russian actions all beyond the pale russia is not only emitting human rights violations, it is shaking the on the buildings of international peace and security draft resolution on the matter on there a slash b as 11 slash l fall is a result of the collective effort cross regional group of 2 dozen states that represent all regions. it has been also so far by more than 50 you and member states. i call upon all responsible members days to support the draft. let me now once again refer to the common ration of the one of the darkest pages in recent history. in

1994 genocide against the to see in rwanda on these their grievances and bearing its own tragedy of thousands of ukrainians, killed by the russian invaders. ukraine stands together with rhonda and calls to reaffirm our pledge to never forget and to never allow the recurrence of genocide which was the result of the international communities indifference to those of you who for these are another reason up to date to keep being i by stand up to abstain. let me quote, leave is el. addressing president clinton in 1999,

talking about the barrows of indifference. indifference elicits no response. indifference is not response. indifference is not a beginning. it is and then. and therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy. for a benefit, the aggressor never, he's a victim who spain is magnified when he or she feels about in the political prison in his cell. the hungry children be homeless, refugees, not to respond to their plight. not to relieve their solitude by offering them

a spark of hope is to exile them from human memory. and in denying their humanity, we betray our own. and a vote. the genocide in rwanda was largely due to the indifference of the world community. when the un did not respond to warnings in the un security council, and in general assembly before the tragedy that we come a great, exactly on these day on the 7th of april. today in the case of ukraine. it's not even a year because the saturday is unfolding right now before our eyes. in a couple of minutes. you will have

a chance to prove that you are not an indifferent bystander. all you need to do is to press the yes button. and to save the human rights cancel and many live around the world. and in ukraine, on the other hand, pressing no means spooling a trigger and means a rad dodd, on the strain rad, as the blood of the innocent lives lost. and these image of the red blood, the dots on these screen will stay with you and all of us as long as memory does not

playlists. think about it. thank you. you're watching orders either. we're bringing coverage of the united nations general assembly, which is holding discussions before voting on further. russia should be suspended from the human rights cancelled. that was ukrainian ambassador to the you. and so gay kiss lit. so who was saying that he was warning of the dangers of indifference? he said, the tragedy is unfolding before our eyes. he said to delegates, you will all have the chance to put to prove you are not indifferent to bystanders . all you have to do is press the yes button. pressing no, he said is pulling the trigger. he consent could also drew parallels between what is happening in ukraine and what he called the indifference that was shown towards the warnings. all of the,

an impending genocide in rwanda that was began in april 1993 against the people, the tootsie people in a rolanda on which went, he said, ignored by the united nations, were waiting for a response from the russian team at the united nations. we understand that about 2 thirds of the vote will have to be given. if this is to be passed. a smartphone, smart room, which when you break that is a loosely pot to ne, meet your pupils polonium wobblies to put off to la. yep. hospital, right. situational walk, natural northly on the ground, makoto like walter. repeat the quote or note which one, which the ambassador mention. what we're seeing today's an attempt by the united states to maintain its dominant position and total control in the stringed, a new it's attempt at human rights colonialism in international relations.

always. part certain part of member states are already subordinates. those who wish to conduct an independent foreign policy or, or is an attempt to kind of move them to the periphery of international relations. today we're seeing how a, through the efforts of a small group of states are the human rights architecture. as a, as a, there's a, there's a crack that's appeared in that architecture and it was decades in the making. and the 2nd secretary general law stated that the possible exclusion of russian federation came in from the human rights council. could be a dangerous precedent. and as practice as shown, western approaches in dealing with acute human rights problems in certain countries have not really been successful. not a single conflict was resolved. it was only exacerbated as possible,

and many this was a due to the used by western countries. the use of sanctions and military intervention, whereas russia throughout its membership in the commission and human rights council has consistently defended the principle of co operation based on mutual respect and an equal status. as in, as one of the main foundations of the human rights architecture. our priority has always been strengthened, constructive dialogue involving all interested sides in the process of collective development and adoption of decisions in defending and promoting human rights. we reject the untruthful allegations are against us. based on our stage divan,

serve and widely circulated fakes with mr. president, based on everything i've said we've, we would like to put this a draft resolution to vote and call on all those present here to really consider your decision and to vote against the attempt by western countries and their allies to destroy the existing human rights architecture. of america, thank you very much. i thank the distinguish representative of the russian federation. i'll now give the flow to the distinguished representative of cause like the chair colors. some closely follows the situation. ukraine was particular concern and expresses i'm, we're back at the united nations janice and later just before that, our vote on whether russia should be suspended from the human rights counselors. we heard earlier, wrongly the ukrainian boss added to the u. n. survey kisslejack. so that was

kennedy chrisman, the russian deputy ambassador to the u. m. are putting forward the case for russia that this vote should be rejection. he, he mentioned that previously the secretary general of the u. n. had said that the exclusion of russia could set a dangerous precedent in 8. he said russia has consistently strengthened constructive dialogue and it would recruit at risk v. and about the vote against this attempt to undermine the existing humanitarian rights and considerations within the general assembly. would be undermined if russia was to be expelled by this war or suspended. i should say. by this vote, there is a 2 thirds majority which is needed for this resolution to be adopted. russia has warns countries previously that if the vote in favor of it or the abstain from it, that that is going to be considered an unfriendly gesture. we're going to have more world news coming up in a couple minutes. stay with us here on al jazeera of the resolution.

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ah ah ah, the collapse in lebanon's economy for some bank customers to take legal action to recover the savings, but only a few of the successful. the banks may accused of shifting their losses to customers by offering checks were up fraction of the deposits. jim mccorder reports from beirut. more than $100000000000.00 remained stuck in lebanon spice since 2019, when the financial system collapsed. depositors have been facing limits on withdrawals at unfavorable exchange rates. now,

some banks are closing accounts of mainly british passport holders. after a u. k. court ordered a lebanese bank to give a depositor his money. depositors say they are offered a check for the balance, but they are worth less than 20 percent of their value. manager of the bank told me that i can take my check at the notary's and wander around and see who can accept or bankers check. bank say they are short of cash and fear. if depositors continue winning legal challenges, they will have to declare bankruptcy. they say the answer is for the political authorities to pass a law that would regulate the outflow of foreign currency. capital control measures, berkeley hub. even the level playing field for all depositors, it would have prevented all these accusations against banks of favoring swords on

a deposit or over over favoring politicians over regular citizens. banks have been accused of helping to politically connected transfer their money abroad. many of them are shareholders in lebanon's largest banks. critics called the financial system a ponzi scheme for decades, banks lent to the state that high interest rates, while successive governments largely plundered funds and piled up debt until capital inflows slowed and the economy collapsed. and experts believe much of the money is now gone with people locked out of their savings as they struggle with high inflation and poverty. so there are many challenges in order to get the money back. we cannot just get it back by doing individual lawsuit and also we have to see a restructuring of the banking sector and the public that and this is what's not happening . those in power have so far failed to reform

a system that they long benefited from them to shift the losses to the people who withdraw their money at around 30 percent of its value. already depositors have lost billions of dollars. then hook or else is eda, beirut students are the latest to join, protest centurylink, calling for the president to resign because of a worsening economic crisis. president, russia has refused to step down despite the process again, high prices. food you length. the governing coalition of loss is majority of to 40 politicians for me for a candidate marilla pens holding her final volley of the french presidential election campaign. later on thursday, paul suggest the race is tightening. little a pen and increasing threat to president emmanuel mac homes. chances of reelection natasha bought her reports ah,

at the ukrainian cathedral in paris, the war is never far from people's minds for 3 years and brock, i believe it's unbearable. just all full. all those people that are dying with, you know, the missile lucon in before ukrainians are fighting for peace. not only for ukraine, but for, you know, really she knew it was one of the key issues in france, his election emanuel, my cross diplomatic efforts have played out well. and opinion polls suggest that he's leading the presidential race. but the conflict is also fueling anxiety over inflation at places like malta, town, northern france, people on spending like they used to. when did the marquis client expect certain prices, but they say what's happening and because they are struggling financially, they're counting the penalty. every one, the we spoke, contin here says that they're worried about the war in ukraine. the coven pandemic . but then number one concern is the cost of living. in a bar,

a group of friends is talking politics, members was everywhere. category awful. there are 3 categories of people in france, of poor wretch, and the people in the middle, those in the middle struggle most because the poor get state help, but people in the middle get all the texas often. i don't well example and yeah, i can judge it's the people in the middle of fall right? party leader marine, the pen is targeting the focus on the cost of living has shifted the spotlight away from her anti immigration agenda and broadened her appeal. she's widely expected to face my cry in a final round run off, but many voters are still undecided. 3rd may not vote at all. you know, brought been running an informal poll in center paris for several months, but it also hasn't get it on any people are very engaged in this election but completely lost from one week to the next. it changes a lot. the only constant is people who say they don't know this week, even more people are visibly in the don't know, keller la,

difficult choices in uncertain times. french photos will go to the polls at a moment of crisis in europe, whether they choose stability and continuity, or something different is, is unpredictable, is the conflict that's overshadowed this election. natasha butler al jazeera monte tale france. ok, let's go back to that vote that's happening in the united nations general assembly . they are holding discussions before voting now whether russia should be suspended from the human rights council, or 2 thirds majority vote is needed for the resolution to be adopted. but russia's already won countries voting in favor of it, or abstaining that it would be considered an unfriendly gesture, as good a christian salumi. now live at the you and that christian, we've heard from the you and ambassadors from ukraine and from russia stating out their sides of the argument, shall we say, well now hearing from the the delegates just talk us through this process. what is going to be happening here?

so the ukranian ambassador, sir j cas lithia introduced this resolution to suspend russia from the human rights council. the un geneva based body that's charged with maintaining and protecting rights around the world. and he talked about the counseling formation in 2006 after the un was unable to stop genocide in rwanda and how that helped lead to the formation of the human rights council to prevent such atrocities from happening again in the future. and he called on member states to take action to suspend russia. out of duty. he said, it's not just an option that you have. it is a duty because indifference benefits the aggressor was the words that he used. and he said voting no for this resolution would be pulling the trigger. so a very passionate speech that we heard from the ukranian ambassador, as you say,

it will take 2 thirds of member states to pass that resolution. and that's 2 thirds of states who vote so abstentions will not be counted into that total at all. now we've also heard from russia a deputy ambassador speaking before the vote as well, saying that this is not the way to resolve the conflict. he described the ukrainian ambassadors speech as a theatrical performance. he said that russia, i is a believes in mutual respect in equal status. and this is what's required in the council, and called on countries not to support this, not surprisingly. and we've been hearing now from other countries that are in some ways allied with russia. we heard from venezuela, we heard from how's exxon we're hearing from iran now and what we're hearing our countries saying that this is not the way to resolve the issue. cause it's,

for example, said that there must be an investigation 1st, before we vote to expel russia from the council. so ahead of the vote we're hearing from countries, presumably that have objections to the resolution out. and then after the vote, we're expecting to hear from other countries who have already shown their support for the resolution. just very briefly because we're only got maybe 30 seconds left on the, on the show. kristin, but there is this warning that has come out from russia to countries saying that if you, if you a vote in favor of this motion to abstain it against. and it's going to be an unfriendly gesture. we have about 15 seconds. that's going to put a lot of pressure on countries, isn't it? absolutely, i that it would be seen as an unfriendly gesture, if they voted for this resolution, developing world countries. many of them have business ties with russia. they may

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