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Abdul Hamid

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2017-02-21
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  1. “Based on past experiences, the international community has good reason to be alarmed when European countries turn inward. We, therefore, sincerely hope that the countries in the region will remain united in their common values based on respect for human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law in order to ensure peace, stability and prosperity in the region and beyond.”

    2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source

  2. “We also urge all parties to fully cooperate with the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to enable it to carry out its mandate. Meanwhile, in the western Balkans, we fully support the crucial role played by the EU and the OSCE in further strengthening democratic institutions, the rule of law and the process of reconciliation, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo. Learning from the traumatic experience of the Second World War, Malaysia believes that Europe has a lot to offer to the post-conflict countries in the Western Balkans, especially on the need to acknowledge atrocities committed in the past and to ensure accountability, in order to make progress towards reconciliation. Malaysia also views the increasing isolationism, xenophobia and revisionism in Europe with great concern.”

    2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source

  3. “We also need to support the parties to engage in dialogue, the de-escalation of conflict, confidence-building measures and mediation for a peaceful resolution of conflict. Malaysia welcomes the call by Secretary-General Guterres to intensify cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations to work closely together in preventing, managing and resolving crises under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations. We commend the great stabilizing role played by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union (EU) in bringing peace and stability to the region. With regard to the conflict in Ukraine, we call on the parties to fully implement the Minsk agreements in order to facilitate a final, political solution to the conflict.”

    2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source

  4. “Malaysia believes that there is no lack of mechanisms - whether regional or international - to address the conflicts in Europe. Instead, what is lacking is political will by the conflicting parties to adhere to the Charter of the United Nations, the Helsinki Final Act and various United Nations resolutions. The protracted conflicts in Europe have also exposed the inherent structural weakness of the Security Council, especially with regard to the veto power. This predicament will remain unless the Council takes responsibility to engage in reform, in the interest of global security and the common good, instead of narrow self-interest. Malaysia believes that the international community has an important role to play to make it costly for the conflicting parties in Europe to use military means to achieve their political ends.”

    2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source

  5. “It is difficult to imagine that, in this day and age, one could blatantly disregard the fundamental principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and the independence of States and gain territory by the illegal use of force with little consequence. Furthermore, what started off as a conflict in Europe later escalated and affected far-flung countries, including Malaysia, with the shocking downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in July 2014 - a tragic consequence of the Ukrainian crisis. Similarly, the so-called frozen conflicts in the southern Caucasus and the Transnistrian conflict continue to be a source of instability in the region and may spark bigger crises that could threaten international peace and security.”

    2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source

  6. “The two world wars had, in fact, started in Europe, and the very existence ofthe United Nations was a direct consequence of the Second World War. More than seven decades later, fortunately, we have not have seen conflicts in Europe to the scale and level as in the previous world wars. However, the prolonged frozen conflicts and the recent emergence of crises in the region are no less worrying, especially when major Powers are involved. The conflicts in eastern Ukraine and Crimea, in particular, constitute a direct challenge to the very purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.”

    2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source

  7. “At the outset, I wish, on behalf of the Government of Malaysia, to extend our deepest condolences to the Government and the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation, as well as to the family of Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, on his sudden passing. Our Mission had the opportunity to work closely with him, especially during the past two years during Malaysia's membership in the Council, and we will miss his presence and friendship tremendously. My delegation is grateful to Ukraine for organizing this timely open debate and to the distinguished briefers for their insightful briefings. Over the past century, we have witnessed how European security is very much intertwined with the peace and security of the rest of the world.”

    2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source