I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/65/1), which he presented to this body on 23 September (see A/65/PV.11). The thrust of this year’s report is more positive than in previous years, indicating that the Organization has managed to achieve more in this past year despite the …
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Syria on behalf of the 57 States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. We also echo the expression of appreciation extended to Ambassador Abulkalam Abdul Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, who w…
We thank the President of the General Assembly for convening these meetings, and we associate ourselves with the statements made yesterday on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of 77 and China, the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Asian Group. We wish to extend our condolenc…
I am incredibly touched and humbled to be here at the United Nations for this historic meeting. I am immensely grateful to the Government of Malaysia for affording me this opportunity and privilege to speak on behalf of Malaysia, as well as the “Make roads safe” campaign.
For me, as a little girl g…
I express my congratulations to you, Mr. President, and the delegation of France on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February 2010. We have no doubt that, under your able leadership, the Security Council will continue to deliberate and take action on the most pressing…
My delegation first wishes to align itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Egypt and Syria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, respectively.
Sixty-two years ago, the General Assembly adopted resolution 181 (II), proposing the…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made yesterday by the Permanent Representative of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement under this agenda item.
Malaysia takes note of the report of the Security Council, as contained in document A/64/2. We recognize the important work being carr…
Malaysia voted in favour of resolution 64/10 because we strongly feel that Israel, the main perpetrator in the Gaza conflict, should be held accountable for the war crimes and grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law which it had committed during the conflict. In fact, we …
My delegation wishes to align itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Egypt and Syria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, respectively. We would like to thank the Human Rights Council and the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission…
On behalf of my delegation, I should like to thank Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for the introduction of the report of the IAEA for 2008 and for his statement, which concisely depicted the various activities undertaken by the Agency this ye…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to extend our appreciation to the Human Rights Council for its report, as contained in document A/64/53.
We reaffirm that human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated. The international community must treat human rights globally in a f…
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Treki on his presidency and to assure him of Malaysia’s full support.
There is a difference in the General Assembly this year. In light of some of the greatest challenges ever faced by any generation, we have resolved to work more closely to…
Change is upon us. This past year, the Organization and the international community at large went through one of the darkest periods in global economic history. As we recover from the impact of the global crisis, we are learning to change how we accomplish things. More cooperation is evident among M…
My delegation welcomes the opportunity to address the subject of the responsibility to protect (R2P). We thank the Secretary- General for the presentation, on 21 July, of his report on implementing the responsibility to protect,
contained in document A/63/677, which has given us much food for thoug…
I wish to thank the President for convening this plenary meeting to once again allow the international community to reflect on and assess its implementation of the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. It is timely indeed that we undertake that ex…
Mr. President, let me at the outset express how pleased we are to see you preside over our meeting today, and we thank you for allowing us to participate in it.
We wish to welcome Foreign Minister Omaar here today and congratulate him on his appointment. We wish to thank Mr. Ould Abdallah, Special …
First and foremost, Sir, I would like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to thank you for organizing this open debate on the situation in Timor-Leste. I wish to also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing on the operation of the United …
It has been 60 years that the question of Palestine has been before the United Nations. We should remind ourselves of the history behind this question of Palestine to keep the issue before us in perspective. The question on Palestine has been with the United Nations since 1947, when Great Britain, f…
It is a pleasure for Malaysia to participate in this debate on agenda item 110 on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly. It is even more of an honour for my delegation to participate in this year’s debate under the stewardship of a General Assembly President who has made democratiza…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, in his capacity as President of the Security Council for the month of November 2008, for introducing the report of the Security Council, contained in document A/63/2.
My delegation regards this debate as an important opportu…
