When the Assembly was established almost 80 years ago, the world was still reeling from the horrors of a catastrophic bloodletting that our nations resolved should never be repeated.
A decision — profound in wisdom, magnanimous in intent and bold in ambition — was made so that the General Assembl…
Today, after decades of paralysis in the Council on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Council has finally exercised its legal, political and moral responsibility to take effective action to reverse the negative trends that are threatening peace and the two-State solution. With the historic adopt…
Just a week ago, we all were here in the Council Chamber, having just unanimously adopted resolution 2327 (2016). The unanimous adoption of that resolution demonstrated the Council’s strong support for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and our resolve on South Sudan. They were tedious negoti…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting at such short notice. Malaysia, together with New Zealand, Senegal and Venezuela as sponsors of draft resolution S/2016/1100, on the issue of illegal Israeli settlements, have called for this meeting to put the draft to a vote. As representatives of vario…
I wish once again to warmly welcome the President of the Government of Spain to the Security Council and to express to him my
appreciation for his presiding earlier over our meeting today. His presence here today is a clear indication of the importance that Spain attaches to this issue. The focus o…
I thank you, Mr. President, for providing this opportunity for the outgoing Security Council members to reflect on our work in leading the Council’s subsidiary bodies over the past two years. Malaysia has had the honour of chairing the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict as…
Malaysia welcomes the adoption of resolution 2327 (2016) today. We thank the United States for its efforts and Council members for their constructive engagement, which have contributed to bridging the gaps and achieving a more agreeable resolution. Malaysia supports resolution 2327 (2016) as
the Un…
My delegation is grateful to His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his presence and briefing today. We thank him for his frank assessment and strong message, and we appreciate his untiring efforts to facilitate peace in the Middle East, specifically on the Palestinian question. I also ack…
I would like to join other Council members in welcoming Foreign Minister Dastis Quecedo to the Council and thanking him for presiding over this important debate, which testifies to Spain’s strong commitment in championing the cause of the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). I wo…
At the outset, allow me to thank Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his insightful briefing on the annual report of the Agency
(see A/71/322), which covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2015.
As we commemorate the sixtieth anniversar…
I, too, would like to welcome the Judges and Prosecutor representing the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals back to New York. I thank them for their very comprehensive briefings.
My delegation welcomes the notable…
In accordance with paragraph 24 (e) of resolution 1970 (2011), of 26 February 2011, I have the honour to report to the Security Council on the work of the Committee established by the same resolution. The report covers the period from 15 September to 6 December 2016, during which time the members of…
Malaysia has repeatedly called for the Security Council to act more decisively on Syria. We therefore view this latest effort by Egypt, New Zealand and Spain as an attempt to assert the Council’s authority and discharge its responsibility to effectively address the deteriorating situation in Syria, …
We join other Council members in expressing appreciation to the delegations of China and the United States as well as to all those involved in the work that led to the adoption of resolution 2321 (2016) today. Malaysia welcomes the unanimous adoption of this very important text, in the light of our …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important meeting and for the comprehensive concept note (S/2016/969, annex). Our discussions today are an important follow-up to the Arria Formula meeting held in April, presided over by His Excellency President Macky Sall, in which Malaysia was ple…
We thank Mr. Stephen O’Brien and Ms. Elizabeth Hoff for their briefings. All too often, the briefings continue to depict a brutal and terrifying reality arising from our inability to end the sufferings of Syrians in eastern Aleppo. It pains us to listen to Mr. O’Brien’s horrifying account of the mis…
My delegation joins other Council members in thanking Senegal for having convened today’s debate, and we thank you, Mr. Minister, for presiding over it. We wish also to express our appreciation to all the briefers for their respective briefings. We thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2016/…
Malaysia commends Senegal’s initiative in convening today’s briefing. We would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča, Mr. Hameed Opeleyeru, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and Mr. Souleymayne Bachir Diagne of Columbia University for th…
My delegation appreciates the briefings by Ms. Ellen Løj and Mr. Adama Dieng and by Ambassador Fodé Seck as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan. Based on those briefings, Malaysia is deeply concerned about the protracted conflict and the deter…
I thank High Representative Valentin Inzko for his briefing and for his comprehensive report (S/2016/911, annex) to the
Security Council, including the special report on the referendum in the Republika Srpska.
Based on the briefing and the reports, my delegation is deeply concerned about the devel…
