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Joint Statement Joint Diving Expedition between Malaysia and the Netherlands from 17 to 30 June 2024

Joint Statement Joint Diving Expedition between Malaysia and the Netherlands from 17 to 30 June 2024

 

A team of underwater survey experts and researchers from the Netherlands and Malaysia conducted a joint expedition to the sites of two Royal Netherlands Navy World War II shipwrecks in Malaysian waters. The expedition took place from 17 to 30 June 2024.

The fieldwork was conducted as a joint Malaysia-Netherlands cooperation. The team from Malaysia was led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence (Royal Malaysian Navy), Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency), Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Department of National Heritage), Prime Minister’s Department (National Security Council), and Ministry of Transport (Malaysia Marine Department). Meanwhile, the team from the Netherlands was led by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science), in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence (Royal Netherlands Navy), and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kuala Lumpur).

The research team searched the wreck sites of K-XVI and O-20, two Royal Netherlands Navy submarines that sank in Malaysian waters during World War II. Initial findings indicated that the wreck of the K-XVI wreck was not found and is believed to have been salvaged. Conversely, the O-20 wreck was confirmed to be at its recorded location. The findings of the expedition and follow-up actions will be discussed between the Netherlands and Malaysia.

A commemoration ceremony was held by the Dutch delegation during the expedition in honour of those who lost their lives while serving on board these submarines, 36 crew on the K-XVI and 7 crew on the O-20.

The joint underwater expedition provided an excellent opportunity for the Netherlands and Malaysia to enhance bilateral relations, particularly in the area of training and capacity building related to maritime archaeology and underwater cultural heritage management.


7/5/24

LIST OF CONVENTIONS / TREATIES THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO BAHASA MELAYU

Ratified by Malaysia

1. Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW
   
2. Convention on the Rights of the Child, CRC
 
2.1 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostiitution and child pornography
2.2 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict ; and
   
3. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD 
   
4. Geneva Convention
 
4.1 Geneva Convention For The Amelioration Of The Condition Of The Wounded And Sick In Armed Forces In The Field Of 12 August 1949
4.2 Geneva Convention For The Amelioration Of The Condition Of Wounded, Sick And Shipwrecked Members Of Armed Forces At Sea Of 12 August 1949
4.3 Geneva Convention Relative To The Treatment Of Prisoners Of War Of 12 August 1949
4.4 Geneva Convention Relative To The Protection Of Civilian Persons In Time Of War Of 12 August 1949
   

Yet to ratify

5. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 
   
6. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW 
   
7. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
   
8. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment – CAT
 
8.1 Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
   
9. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
 
9.1 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: and
9.2 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of death penalty
   
10. International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - ICERD
   
11. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ICESR
 
11.1 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
   
12. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance - ICPED
   
13. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - ICRMW
   
14. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951;
 
14.1 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967
   
15. Rome Statute
   

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