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Ahmad Tajuddin

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2019-01-22

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2019-05-23

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1. “As the protection-of-civilians agenda has been a focus of the Council over the last two decades, it is important to ensure that the Council continues to advance the discourse. It should send a clear message that impunity must end and that all parties, including State and non-State actors, should be held accountable for violations of international humanitarian law. Malaysia therefore urges all permanent Security Council members to refrain from invoking their veto power in situations where the lives and well-being of civilians in armed conflict are at stake.”

   2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

2. “Malaysia therefore welcomes the Secretary-General's efforts to improve the performance of peacekeepers through his Action for Peacekeeping initiative. We share the View that military and police personnel should receive predeployment training on the protection of civilians, child protection and the prevention of conflict-related sexual violence in accordance with United Nations standards. For its part, Malaysia, through the Malaysian Peacekeeping Centre, has successfully organized courses for peacekeeping personnel on the protection of civilians. Malaysia has consistently expressed concern about the humanitarian situation of communities affected by armed conflict and the need to alleviate their suffering.”

   2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

3. “The link between the protection of civilians and peacekeeping mandates is central. The safety and security of civilians is critical to the legitimacy and credibility of peacekeeping missions. While missions work to manage high expectations, they must also address the security of civilians in order to carry out their mandated tasks in assisting local reconciliation and peacebuilding efforts. The protection of civilians is also a critical component of sustainable peace. The credibility of United Nations peacekeepers depends largely on their willingness to act when civilians are at risk to threats. Any failure of peacekeepers to act or follow orders should be brought to the attention of the Council. In addition, the Council must be prepared to provide political and operational support when threats to civilians exist.”

   2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

4. “Malaysia remains deeply concerned about the fact that deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians are common in armed conflicts. Innocent civilians should never be made victims or victims for ransom, and any actions detrimental to civilians' well-being are by definition acts of cowardice and should never be condoned. In that context, Malaysia reaffirms its support for prioritizing protection-of- civilians mandates in peacekeeping missions. There is no question that modern peacekeeping missions are multidimensional, with tasks that address the full spectrum of peacebuilding activities, from providing secure environments to monitoring human rights and rebuilding the capacity of the State. Increasingly, such mandates also instruct peacekeeping missions to stress the physical protection of civilians.”

   2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

5. “I would first like to thank the Indonesian presidency for convening this important open debate. Malaysia associates itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, and the statement to be delivered by the representative of Viet Nam, on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Malaysia reaffirms the importance it attaches to general principles on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The Secretary-General's latest report on the subject (S/2019/373) reflects the grim reality that the state ofthe protection of civilians today is tragically similar to that of 20 years ago. We are troubled that civilians continue to account for the vast majority of casualties in situations of armed conflict.”

   2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

6. “We need to take into account various challenges on the ground - such as the mission's components, environment and coordination among various stakeholders, particularly the host nation - in our collective efforts to ensure better peacekeeping operations. Malaysia also believes that it is important for us to strengthen cooperation between the United Nations peacekeeping operations with regional and subregional organizations for greater peacekeeping performance. To conclude, Malaysia reiterates its support for enhancing and strengthening United Nations peacekeeping missions. We reaffirm our full cooperation with all stakeholders because we sincerely believe that it is only by working together that we can ensure that all peacekeeping missions are fit-for- purpose and cost-effective.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

7. “To demonstrate Malaysian women's active participation in support of United Nations efforts in maintaining world peace and security, Malaysia is currently deploying four female military observers from the rank of Captain to Lieutenant Colonel; that figure is 75 per cent higher compared to the previous year. Further, Malaysia has also consistently deployed 40 female peacekeepers in our battalion in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. Besides that, there are about 25 female operators who are currently being deployed at the Malaysian mission field hospital for humanitarian assistance in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. As all of us are well aware, each peacekeeping mission is unique and distinct.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

8. “"People" focuses on men and women's ability to operate in a peacekeeping environment in which they are expected to fully engage in winning the heart and minds of the local population. "Machines" refers to a combination of capabilities and technology that will be employed during the conduct of operations to enable our peacekeepers to be more effective, alert, aware and efficient. Meanwhile, "methods" are doctrines, tactics, technique, procedure and skill sets that every peacekeeper must possess during his or her day-to-day undertaking. This element will be further reinforced during predeployment training and is specifically tailored to each mission's requirements. In addition, Malaysia strongly believes that women peacekeepers play a Vital role in the success of a mission.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

9. “As United Nations personnel are often deployed in volatile and perilous locations, they must have the right aptitude, strong survival skills and unquestionable competency ifthey are to be effective. This is important owing to the more comprehensive peacekeeping mandates we are seeing today, which encompass the necessity to protect civilians, address sexual violence and overcome challenges to human rights, inter alia. Malaysia therefore believes that a common training module prior to their deployment is vital for the safety and security of our peacekeepers. "People, machines and methods" are three elements embedded in Malaysian peacekeeper training and capacity-building. We believe the right people with the right machines coupled with the right methods allows United Nations peacekeepers to perform as demanded.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

10. “At the outset, allow me to extend my delegation's sincere appreciation to you, Mr. President, for Indonesia's presiding over the Security Council this month. I would also extend our sincere gratitude for your having convened this timely and important debate. Malaysia aligns itself with the statements made by the representatives of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Thailand on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), respectively. Malaysia reaffirms its support for the central role played by the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and security. We pay tribute to the sacrifices made by peacekeepers and to the devoted men and women who have served or are serving with unwavering dedication and great distinction in our endeavours to keep peace.”

    2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

11. “Malaysiajoins other Member States in our common endeavour to enhance the work of the Office of Counter- Terrorism and other United Nations entities and support their important initiatives. Malaysia believes that it is important to realize that combating terrorist financing requires the commitment and determination of all countries.”

    2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source

12. “With regard to action plans for terrorist financing, the focus includes integrating financial and terrorism investigations and prosecuting terrorist financing in parallel with terrorist offences. Concerning regional and international engagement, Malaysia remains committed to the agenda on anti-money-laundering and combating terrorist financing led by the Financial Action Task Force, the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units. Malaysia has an effective regulatory system and directly implements targeted financial sanctions against United Nations-designated persons and entities. We maintain our domestic designation of individuals and entities pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) and conduct effective oversight of both the financial and non-financial sectors.”

    2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source

13. “In order to facilitate financial institutions' ability to detect and disrupt terrorism activities at an early stage, the Financial Intelligence Unit issues red flags, typologies, weekly news bulletins and regular updates on terrorism-related resolutions and trends. A public-private sector platform was established in 2017 between the Royal Malaysia Police's financial intelligence unit and select financial institutions, to enable a targeted approach involving the submission of higher quality and operationally focused suspicious transaction reports related to terrorist financing, resulting in a surge in high-quality suspicious transaction reports. Malaysia also enjoys a robust framework for national coordination and cooperation at both the policy and operational levels through our national coordination committee to counter money-laundering.”

    2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source

14. “We have established a comprehensive legal and regulatory framework that encompasses legislation such as our penal code and laws on the prevention of crime, on special measures against terrorism in foreign countries and on money-laundering, terrorism financing and proceeds of unlawful activities. That legislation has been put in place and amended to expand enforcement agencies' investigative scope and power. Malaysia's financial institutions continue to implement measures, including reporting suspicious transactions, to prevent their institutions from being used as a conduit by terrorists.”

    2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source

15. “We are seeing an increase in the use of bank accounts to receive donations from sympathizers, move money from fundraisers to leaders of terrorist organizations and withdraw funds when terrorists are in conflict zones. In addition to the financial institutions concerned, remittance operators and hawala brokers are also reported to be preferred channels for moving funds abroad. However, while the risks of terrorism and terrorist financing are rising, they are being adequately contained by the relevant authorities. Malaysia emphasizes a number of strategic areas - a comprehensive regulatory framework, targeted preventive measures, focused enforcement action, public-private partnerships and domestic and international cooperation.”

    2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source

16. “In Malaysia we have learned that this type of funding's primary sources come through legitimate means, including self-funding from legitimate income, savings accounts, social-security withdrawals, financial support from family members and donations from the public. Self-funding is the most common way of raising funds for travel to conflict zones or conducting operations there. Cash is also moved physically across borders for terrorism-financing activities within our region and for foreign fighters travelling to or from conflict zones by taking advantage of Malaysia's porous borders. Malaysian foreign terrorist fighters based overseas who want to return to Malaysia are also exploiting that vulnerability of our borders in order to re-enter the country illegally and undetected.”

    2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source

17. “At the outset, let me join all who spoke before me in thanking you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate on combating the financing of terrorism. Malaysia sees this meeting as timely amid our grave concern at the escalation in terror incidents in recent weeks, which has resulted in the loss of innocent lives and injury to many people, including Malaysians. Malaysia condemns in the strongest terms the senseless acts of terror carried out against innocent civilians and believes that those responsible must be brought to justice. There is an upwardtrend in the financing ofterrorism in Malaysia owing to the fact that Da'esh and foreign terrorist fighters have adapted and decentralized.”

    2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source

18. “It is therefore important that the international community create such conditions for peace talks in advancing prospects for a peaceful solution to this long-standing conflict. Malaysia remains steadfast in its long-standing and principled position in favour of the inalienable rights of Palestinians, including the establishment of an independent and sovereign State of Palestine based on the pre-l967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. We are unequivocal in our belief that the Security Council must reassume once more its rightful role as the ultimate broker of peace, particularly with respect to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The long- standing trust deficit due to the Council's inaction must be overcome now.”

    2019-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8449 (2019) · source

19. “After decades of Israel being allowed to commit violation after violation, Malaysia would like to reiterate its call on all United Nations Member States and the international community to continue pressing Israel and to demand that it cease immediately and completely all illegal settlement activities in the occupied territories, as well as all other violations of international law and international humanitarian law, and that it fully comply with all relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolution 2334 (2016), and the United Nations Charter. The current deadlock in the Middle East peace process needs pragmatic solutions based on international law and norms.”

    2019-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8449 (2019) · source

20. “Malaysia strongly condemns the excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate uses of force by Israeli forces against Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian territory, including in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and, particularly, the Gaza Strip. We have heard repeated warnings by Secretary- General Antonio Guterres and Special Coordinator Mladenov on Israel's expansion of illegal settlement activity, despite considerable international pressure for its immediate and complete cessation. As those violations continue and grow more prolonged, the prospects of a two-State solution could just as well become another utopian dream. In the interest of progress, Malaysia reiterates its call on the parties to the conflict concerned to exercise the utmost restraint with a view to de-escalating tensions.”

    2019-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8449 (2019) · source

21. “At the outset, I would like to join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, on the Dominican Republic's accession to membership of the Security Council, joining the ranks of Belgium, Germany, Indonesia and South Africa. I trust that, with the mandate given, you will be able to implement great tasks ahead with the ultimate view of maintaining world peace and security, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. The growing tension in the Gaza Strip and West Bank in recent week, leaving dozens more innocent Palestinian civilians - including children - dead, with the continued illegal demolishing of Palestinian homes, continues to paint a bleak future for the prospects of a two-State solution. The situation in Palestine, as illustrated by Special Coordinator Nikolay Mladenov, continues to spiral downward each day.”

    2019-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8449 (2019) · source