reality what we're facing, which is fascist a a with doesn't that new member states abstain or vote against the look to force russia to pay ukraine, war reparation. it's the biggest drop of support for ukraine related resolutions adopted by the general assembly. since the start of the conflict, as the g 20 summit begins in indonesia, calls are rolling from western members of the group to further isolate, rush out over the conflict and ukraine. this as moscow continues to increase is cooperation with the morgan. one of the economy in the western must take responsibility for it's a global polluting activity. that's the call of the cop 27,

un climate change conference with african expert flaming industrialized nations for today's climate crisis. with for month out of the world, this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. almost half of un member states abstained or voted against or resolution adopted by the general assembly calling on russia to pay war reparations to ukraine. co sponsored by dozens of countries including the united states, the resolution receive the lowest level of support for ukraine related motion. since the conflict began, $94.00 country supported the initiative to quote, hold moscow accountable for violating international law. while 14 nations including china, voted against the resolution,

claiming lack sufficient legal basis. 73 states, india and brazil among them chose to abstain our cable mop. it explains why the western walks initiatives are being increasingly questioned. this is certainly significant because since the ukraine conflict escalated, there has certainly been an effectiveness on the part of the united states in mobilizing the world to condemn russia not today. as the vote took place, it became very clear that a number of countries just were not comfortable with this resolution. there were 16 countries that signed a statement pointing out that there are a number of countries around the world that have suffered illegal invasions sanctions, attacks, slavery, colonialism, and that those countries are certainly entitled to reparations. and can talk about iraq. you can talk about the vietnam korea. 2 other countries and those countries have not yet received any reparations for the crimes committed against the,

by the united states or it's western allies. however, the reparations should be carried out on a sound legal process. not simply through these resolutions that are just presented randomly to the general assembly. now, the russian ambassador to the you and ben z. yeah, he took to the podium and he pointed out that a number of countries simply don't want to go along with what appears to be an attempt to justify the outright daft of russian assets around the world. he also pointed out that the entire basis through which this is being carried out doesn't fit with un procedures. decisions like this should be made by the un security council, not the general assembly body where the united states took this resolution. here is some more of what the russian ambassador had to say about today's resolution. shibley's to begins with, the inferiority of this initiative is obvious. from a legal point of view, the provisions of the draft to not stand up to any criticism or legally no and void

. it's an attempt to legalize what can't be legalized from the point of view of current international law. this is a classic example of the concept of rules based order when a group of states does not act on the basis of international law, but seeks to sanctify lawlessness using the authority of the general assembly and positioning it as a judicial body, which by definition, it is not as just close to it now, the russian ambassador also pointed out that one of the key deceptions from those supporting the resolution was this claim that somehow the money that was being used would go to help the ukrainian people when in reality the money was going to be used to prolong this conflict to supply ukraine with more weapons, to carry out more military actions and for a long conflict lead to more killing lead to more death. i. it was a moment where it became clear that the support the united states has had for its efforts to isolate russia or. 3 staff to russian assets and unilateral sanctions on

russia. it's attempts to push russia off of the international economy. that support may be fading as the economic consequences of this effort from the united states and this prolonging of a conflict. as the economic consequences become more and more apparent, many countries around the world are starting to ask questions and not have the enthusiasm they may have had once before. later on in the program will discuss the results of the un session with rush us 1st at the permanent representative to the un. so stay tuned and continuing the theme of responsibility for interference in foreign affairs. germany is, chancellor schultz has claimed that russia's military action in ukraine is a precedent. the leaders seemingly forgetting about multiple conflicts and other countries in recent history. it is a question of the russian war of aggression being a breach of international law with

a dangerous precedent. small countries can no longer be safe from the behavior of the larger, more powerful neighbors. the statement comes just days after the un general assembly adopted a resolution denouncing israel's occupation of the golan heights, internationally recognized as theory and territory. it was seized by televi after a brief war in 1967, and then annex in 1981. the un resolution also stated that the transfer of civilians to the occupied territory was a brief of the geneva bridge of the geneva convention. we spoke with the vice president of the various a f t party rayner ross 1st. who said that germany's comments are hypocritical due to the country's own violations of international law. if you want to interpret what you can't, the chancellor show, this is saying you have to take into consideration that germany is very dependent on its western allies. so to say the charles and also for

a minister bear book act a little bit alike. spokespersons of washington's interests in 1999. for example, germany did its 1st or unlawful military intervention in yugoslavia in serbia. and this was also a precedent for further actions which have not been properly backed by international law. like, for example, in activity of germany in syria and also in afghanistan. so if we go further, i mean germany kept out, also iraq in 2003 and of libya and 2011. but many western countries lead to by the united states into re and they're in a very, a brutal way which was not backed by international law. and so we have to see that

we get out of those double standards and look at those things as they are growing tensions and a lack of solutions. tuesday, march the opening day, the g. 20 summit in indonesia, the world is watching to see whether a leaders will be able to agree on a joint statement. as divisions deepened over the conflict in ukraine, a representatives of 19 countries plus the you were seen arriving at the summit venue, where you will take part in this session focused on food and energy. security. de want will also include a series of multilateral and bilateral meetings between world leaders. russian president vladimir putin earlier announced that he wouldn't take part in the event due to a busy schedule. but the russian foreign minister is in bali heading moscow's delegation

. now the ukraine issue fits russia and china together with many emerging economies against other g. 2000 and member countries, led by western states that as moscow's cooperation with developing nations continues to grow despite western calls to further isolate russia with its sanctions, pressure are to use maria from ocean reports from volley. as the summit starts here in bali, the question rises, what can we expect at its end? the main intrigue of these here is the twenty's, whether the members will at all be able to come to a compromise through consensus over the final declaration as the group is torn apart, unprecedented to lead by enormous divisions within the group over how to approach russia, ukraine conflict, the head of the global gathering, the german tend to look pushed and hold on the nations for and isolation of russia

here at the summit, or rather more isolation because that is what the west has been exercising for months now with endless packages of economic sanctions against russia, but it didn't seem to be working and even seems to have the opposite effect as the economies of the united states and western europe are now projected to be declined to. with the near full decades, inflation rockets in prices for food and energy due to and to russia economic sanctions. they in fact, initiated while india and china that's russia logically strengthened, ties and corporation with after being pushed towards the east and isolated by the west are on the opposite to become the world's leading economists in the near future. and they seem to only increase trade with russia, some impressive figures for you in the last, in the 1st 8 months of these here, china investments in russia showed 150 percent increase compared to the last year.

and mostly in b gene are planning to invest. another $1300000000.00 in joint project, russia, india, bilateral trade, another 130 percent growth in september compared to last year, and also russia now emerging has induced top energy supplier in october after the meeting with the russian foreign minister. last tuesday. he's aimed in counter forward said that buying oil from russia would be to del, is huge interests, an advantage. it is hard fundamental obligation to ensure that the indian consumer has the best possible access on the most. i'd want to just comes to international market. and in that respect of, quite honestly, we have seen that a d in the other, a shared relationship has worked to advantage. and other countries want to join breaks. a block of leading developing countries continues expanding,

its political and of course, financial influence with algeria, argentina, and iran. now applying saudi arabia, egypt of gun a sonic turkey are very much interested to, along with indonesia that is expected to make a formal application to join here at the j 28th accepted bricks would become an entity with a g d p 30 percent larger than the united states and in control of 30 percent of global gas reserves, no wonder why the west is so pure is and is desperately looking for an escape goat . russia is trying to succeed the global economy. we must join together to stop them in their tracks and restore economic stability at the g. 20 leaders need to step up to fix the weaknesses in the international economic system, which putin has exploited for years. that is actually ironic to hear these allegations as a was the west decision to hobble russian economy by sanctions. but why, when

a didn't go as when the west was quick to blame russia for the collage solve the global economy. and now it seems the us and the u. k. have come up with a perfect plan, how to avoid any responsibility for the konami crash. the rats are a good talking now is the economy will not recover unless the war and restrictions have only been growing. and now, when the western nations are at the data and let's wait and see where the g 20, these here may be able to find to bring any solution. well, let's get back to our top story. now. almost half of us member states abstain or voted against resolution adopted by the general assembly calling on russia to pay war reparations. due ukraine co sponsored by dozens of countries including the united states, the resolution received the lowest level of support for you. praying related motion since the war began. for more on this. now let's cross live to dimitry. polanski.

russia is 1st deputy permanent representative to the un dimitry. it's great to have you on the program today. now, with the un adopting this resolution, even though it has no legal obligations to follow it, do you expect anything to change globally? i don't think we should stick about some global changes, but of course it's not a secret that some western countries were looking for any pretext to go forward with the national plans to expropriate, fresh and assets. and so they may try to use these this resolution that was adopted the absence of the right that was supported by less than half of members of the united nations to use it as a cover for their actions, which would be illegal. but the whole story is illegal and there is a solution, is also very,

very doubtful in terms of international law to put it mildly so we can't exclude that. there should be, there will be some national initiatives in western countries that supported this resolution. it's not a secret for us. now when it comes to the reaction that we've heard surrounding the resolution, former russian president dmitri meditative and the russian envoy to be un have said that the resolution is a western attempt to steal frozen russian funds. do you think that western states will pursue this initiative, or is such a radical precedent unlikely? the difficult to see what's on their minds. let's assume that they might be disappointed and discouraged by the result. results of today's voting. not only the voting, it's necessary to point out that there was also very unfavorable for them. the beats where developing countries, where pronouncing their grievances against the western countries,

that they were reproaching to them. lack of constructive approach in other cases where which could involve reparations and the remedy for their actions. so they were seeing quite directly that this is a clear example of double standards and that the rush, they, the western countries to prioritize ukrainian crisis and to forget about all other crisis situation in the world. so there was a lot of very, very passionate speeches where absolutely not the music to the western ears today, and the general assembly whole. now, staying on the topic of really that frustration and a lot of the double standards that are being called out by a number of countries when they look at the west and the resolutions that it supports. do you expect the un to lose its influence in the wake of recent events as more and more comparisons are being drawn between it and the league of nations?

well, we're still very far from this. mainly thanks to the backbone of us system the, the veto, right, which is to intact and which allows which we, which i will say compels different are going to come to terms in security council and for the general assembly. while it says its own prerogatives, the resolution that was put to now is of course, far beyond verobik to some general assembly. so this is, this was a very unfortunate move from the outset. but of course such initiatives such absolutely legally, legally doubtful initiatives, very much undermining authority of the general assembly. and it's very difficult to say about any process that is being stirred up by the general assembly. if we do not speak about conceptualization is illusion, as you'll see,

as we'll see as far from being consensual. and of course there is very, very shabby legal ground if any such moves even from national perspective. so the member states that we're sponsoring this is an issue. now you mentioned earlier, the number of countries that either voted against this resolution or that abstain from voting altogether. so why do you think that this resolution saw considerably less support in the un, in comparison to previous attempts to condemn russia's actions in ukraine? well, there are several reasons to that's so difficult to say which one was playing the main role. but 1st and foremost, see is clear that there is a general fatigue of these ukrainian situation and the attempts of western countries to put the ukrainian situation on top of everything that is happening in the world. to forget about everything that happened before february 2022.

it's clear that there is very much presence in the united nations as well as elsewhere. and secondly, of course, the nature of these initiative, it's not about ukraine. it is, it is being shaped as a nation on ukrainian subject, but everybody understands that this is about stealing russian assets about some illegal move which is being contemplated in the have of some western politicians. and it's difficult to conceal these rules. that's why all the, the countries that we're considering the draft. so they were absolutely mindful of these, of these double layers of these resolution. and of course, they were understanding that by prioritizing ukrainian crisis, once again, they risk to put all the other issues on the agenda for united nations

in the kind of semi i believe in. and this is a very dangerous trans which is not upheld by a lot of your member states, as you see from the results of the voting. now, when it comes to the united states and the topics that it does prioritize with the un in your view, what can be done to prevent a unipolar projection of us and western narrative using international institutions like the united nations. i think that when the united states and its allies trying to promote the so called rules based international order in the us, they seriously risk to undermine the existing legal system, the system of international relations. so these attempts might be devastating for the very important cornerstones of today's international stability in the world.

and so these cities can be underestimate. that's why i think that's what's happened to be in the might be a very serious warning for western countries and their allies that drive. there was a big dr. meeting less and less support in the united nations. and their rhetoric is also being questioned by a lot of countries of the see a lot of other topics. a lot of hidden hidden agenda is under the guise of the, of the documents that the prepare for wider membership. now, when it comes to those warning signs that are being seen by other countries, and of course, these double standards that are now being voice as well as the in the us has failed to stop numerous u. s. military interventions or israel, a military operations from happening, despite its aim of preventing armed conflict,

do you see any possibility for the regulation and prevention of military activity around the world in the future? well, yan is a very good tool. it's a sharp tool, but we need to use it with caution, but don't need to exploit it for our own interest, see, for work together and national agenda. of course we can join hands so we can find solution to too many crisis situations on the agenda. but when the countries behave today, like nothing has happened to the world before february 2022. and that's the only focus that the international community should have. right now is the current situation in ukraine, the current growing in crisis. and so they try to absolutely lever beyond the break . it's everything that preceded the special military operation of russia in ukraine

. of course, this is not helpful to find any balance solution any, any move that will bring us forward to peaceful solution of the ukrainian crisis. and so other crisis situations in the world and these double standards, these for the position of brain young agenda is too obvious for your membership right now. and those who are behind such initiative. so they should be very much mindful of this. certainly a lot of daycare and a lot to be learned from this latest resolution. dmitri polanski, 1st deputy representative of russia to the u. n. thank you so much for your time and insight. thank you. you countries have agreed to introduce a new batch of sanctions against iran following protests that have been rocking the country for months. the german foreign minister said that iranian politicians quote, cannot get away with committing crimes without consequences. while the iranian

government has accused the german chancellor of an diplomatic behavior after he express support for sanctions and protesters to european union has already adopted a number of sanctions packages. we want to continue to step up the pressure on the revolutionary guard corpse. and the political leadership is my message to the demonstrators and to citizens with iranian roots. here in germany as this, we stand for everything that you are calling for, for human rights and women's rights. we stand shoulder to shoulder with the iranian people. tensions between iran and western countries have escalated and the past month che ron has repeatedly accused western countries, especially the united states and israel, of being behind the countries unrest. iranian officials have blamed the german foreign minister for taking an interventionist dance on protest in iran. after the official said that berlin would not let up in pursuing sanctions over

a crackdown on protesters protest erupted in the country back in september. after the death of martha omni in police custody, she was arrested in tehran by the morality released for alleged non compliance with the state and host dross. code protest had continued amid the ongoing internet restrictions imposed by the government over 2000 people have reportedly been taken into custody since the demonstrations began. so to go further in depth on those laws. cross live now to paul is the analyst and researcher christopher holly. christopher, it's great. have you on the program today. now e u member states agreed to introduce a new batch of sanctions against iran, following violent protests in the country. do you believe that such measures are effective and how do you expect iran to react? once again, this is part of the hybrid warfare that the u. s u and nato on leaching on the run

. this the current batch of sanctions not only targets individuals and those connected for example with that is your i r g but also it targets press t v, which is a media outlet. so it goes to show how bankrupted the european ideas are of freedom of speech and freedom of expression and the media independence. this is clearly not the case. when they have a media out that goes against the mainstream western narrative. he run will respond a proportionally, as it's a foreign ministry said today, and the german, i'm you know, ambassador in inter and was asked to go to the foreign ministry and iran to explain the current situation. the 2nd time in just a few weeks that he's been summoned. and so ultimately what we're seeing now is an escalation. and of course it's very humorous to see. did you give us iran lessons on the democracy and human rights,

especially after the past when years of the so called were unfair? when they've, unless terror to all the people in the middle east? not only that, they actively support the much a had in a house, a terrorist organization located in albania, in, in europe itself. so this is a highly problematic and you can will respond. yeah, certainly those accusations have double standards are being brought up all around. now let's get back to this western narrative because the german chancellor is saying that germany, quote, unquote, stand shoulder to shoulder with the iranian people with similar statements from those like joe biden and justin true go. why do you think that so many western politicians are so vocal about their approach, their support of protesters and around all of a sudden ultimately it's, it's the same reason why they are so, bro, for example gray vote in venezuela over the past few years. it ultimately, again, government that don't counts how to washington or to brussels. it's government that

are again, western, he gemini, and western imperialism, governments the one to enhance their relationship to the russia and china, and other global self countries. so ultimately, as you know, we are being the twilight of western hegemony. this is the natural reaction to support anybody who's against the governments that are, you know, supporting liberation struggles that are supporting the nation in the global south against western intervention and western regime came operation. so ultimately, you know, those support anybody, regardless of the political ideology, we've seen that in their covert supports, for example, of islamic state. and i was, and i lose track inferior, for example, to overthrow the government the shuttle i said, which is by all accounts, far more secular and open and protecting of women and minorities. then these

radical groups that have been supported by the width. and of course, you don't have the forefront of fighting these groups, but we see that the west over and over, doesn't really care about anything but its own interests, its own financial gain and its own power and supremacy in all the regions of the world. so they will support now any protest, regardless of what they're demanding, so long as it means and, and to the rule of i had to look, i'm an a and the senator public. yeah, the west has certainly back some interesting characters over the years. now of course at the same time or ron is no stranger to things from the west, the german chancellor is also saying that iran would face additional sanctions for its alleged decision to send drones to russia for youth in the war. an ukraine, which russia has repeatedly denied, could that be the real reason behind these things? or do you think that this is just adding to their overall sentiment towards or wrong right? now? certainly certain the, the situation in ukraine,

the special military operation has become an easy excuse to escalate the tension with iran to increase the sanctions on iran. and of course, with this, the somehow suicide or kamikaze drone that's supposed to be iran is giving to russia. nobody looks at what the west has given to all of the by brit state in the region, like saudi arabia who bond the yemen for nearly a decade. but you know, what we're seeing here is an excuse to be able to enact sanctions that were already being asked for. but because of the j d p, for example, they weren't being done because they had some semblance of all we are trying to diplomacy here. and so we don't want to show any escalation that are side now it's an easy cover to use quote unquote, iranian drones being smuggled into your brain or being used by russia and ukraine. it's not easy.