I wish to express our appreciation to the President and to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, for the effort taken in elevating to a high-level event this plenary meeting of the General Assembly to consider agenda item 45, “Culture…
First of all, let me express my delegation’s appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Afghanistan as contained in document A/63/372. The report provides useful observations on efforts to bring peace, security and stability to Afghanistan. We would also like to express…
The Malaysian delegation congratulates you, Mr. President, on your election as the president of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session.
We are in a situation of unprecedented crisis. The skyrocketing prices of fuel and food have caused us distress and widespread hardship. Beyond that, the …
I should like at the outset to express my delegation’s appreciation to President Kerim for convening this meeting to review the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. I should also like to express, through the presidency, my
delegation’s appreciation to Ambassador Rosenthal, Permanent Re…
Let me first of all congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August 2008 and thank you for convening this open debate on the situation in Timor-Leste. We also congratulate Ambassador Le Luong Minh, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam, on h…
First, I would like to commend General Assembly President Kerim for his initiative and the Secretary-General for his briefing on the comprehensive framework for action.
What is required for us effectively to address the convergent food and fuel crises are conceptual clarity, evidence and the will t…
I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate the President on convening this high-level meeting to allow us to reflect on and
assess our implementation of the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration. It is indeed timely that we gather now, two years before t…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the Minister of State of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
As has been widely acknowledged, despite some of the progress made in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), halfway through, we still fall short o…
I would first like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on
convening this very important meeting and, secondly, to associate Malaysia with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The complexity of the cli…
My delegation is pleased to participate on the debate on sub-item (a) of agenda item 77, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, and would like to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on oceans and the law of the sea, as contained in documents A/62/66 and add…
First of all, Sir, let me associate myself with the statements made by Cuba on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
We continue to discuss the question of Palestine again and again for the simple reason that we have …
My delegation is pleased to participate in this debate on agenda item 121, on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly.
Malaysia wishes to associate itself with the statement just made by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
I would like to recal…
Let me first extend my delegation’s appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Afghanistan, as contained in document А/62/345 of 21 September 2007. The report provides a comprehensive description of the situation in Afghanistan and offers valuable observations on possib…
My delegation thanks Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, for her eloquent presentation of the report of the Court. The comprehensive report is extremely useful in enabling Member States to understand and appreciate the complexity of the work of the Court and the c…
I wish to join previous speakers in thanking the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for his presentation to the Assembly of the annual report of the Agency for 2006.
Malaysia highly appreciates the IAEA’s role in assisting developing Member States in planning for and …
I would first like to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representatives of Egypt and Norway for their excellent work as the co-facilitators of this process and the Secretary-General for his reports. I would also at this stage like to associate mysel…
I wish to express the appreciation of the Malaysian delegation to the Secretary-General for his first annual report on the work of the Organization, contained in document A/62/1. The issues and challenges that the world is facing today place a greater demand on the Organization to fulfil its mandate…
I wish to take this opportunity to express to the President of the General Assembly our appreciation for convening this High- Level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace. I also take this opportunity to thank the delegations of the Philippines and Pakis…
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the President on his election to preside over the sixty-second session of the General Assembly. Malaysia will work with him towards realizing the objectives of the Organization, particularly in efforts aimed at conferring more power on the Genera…
Heeding your call, Mr. President, I shall be very brief. Malaysia supports the recommendation of the General Committee on this issue and, given the heavy responsibilities and tight schedule of the General Assembly, we feel that there is no need to discuss this proposal in plenary meeting. Malaysia s…
