On March 2, the United States of America along with Albania presented a resolution to “call an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly.” It was the first time in over 40 years, that an emergency session was convened.
French-Mexican Resolution – The French-Mexican resolution was on ‘Humanitarian consequences of the Russian aggression in Ukraine.’ Following the resolution that was adopted at the Emergency Special Session of the UNGA. France and Mexico have tabled a resolution with regard to the crisis in Ukraine, condemning Russian aggression and urging Russia to stand down.
South Africa Resolution – The resolution stated that the issue was purely a humanitarian one and that everyone should come together to set up a platform to facilitate dialogue between both Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine responded by introducing a a procedural motion to not adopt the South Africa resolution.
It is noteworthy that Sri Lanka had abstained from voting in both matters.
It is believed that the South Africa Resolution was China using its influence in the African region by getting one of the biggest players in Africa to go along.
One could possibly argue that the world order is changing mainly due to some of the policies of the USA. After the end of the Cold War no one could challenge the USA in the resulting unipolar world. As a result, USA could get away with a lot of diplomatic blunders such as the Iraq war. This also showed that they did not have statesmen and diplomatic geniuses like Henry Kissinger.
They could get away with anything and everything. The perfect example being the Iraq war. They invaded Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, unsettled the Middle East and much more. It is also noteworthy that NATO expansion went on forever.
It is no secret that the USA and China are battling for world dominance and the real threat to USA is China and not Russia. However, when you have a battle on two fronts against China and Russia together, the two countries will combine their efforts against the USA.
India and Russia were considering the possibility of using The Chinese Yuan as a reference currency to set a face value to the Rupee-Ruble trade mechanism. The two countries may also look at a floating rate arrangement as India, the world’s third-largest oil importer, considers buying oil from Russia at a discounted rate to negate inflationary pressures.
Saudi Arabia, one of the countries with the worlds largest oil reserves, has invited Chinese premier Xi Jinping to visit the Kingdom. Saudi’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman known as MBS may have cast the first stone at the USA and caused the demise of the Petrodollar.
There are unverified reports surfacing that for the first time in 50 years, Saudi Arabia will accept payments from China in Yuan for oil sales. Saudi Arabia have for decades continued to sell oil in the US currency in exchange for military support and protection from the USA.
It is noteworthy that other leaders like Gaddafi, Saddam Husain who had similar aspirations were summarily killed off by the west. MBS on the other hand is not like other leaders and is popular in the region.
All of the above suggests a power shift and the strengthening of the Russia-China axis. We may never know, but if the South Africa Resolution was adopted, it may have enabled an environment for cessation of hostilities in Ukraine.