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MALAYSIA WELCOMES THE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA

Malaysia welcomes the mutual, unconditional ceasefire in Gaza commencing 21 May 2021 following eleven (11) days of hostilities, which

have left hundreds dead and thousands more injured, including women and children.

 

Malaysia congratulates all countries and parties that have facilitated the ceasefire to end the aggressions and hostilities perpetrated by

the Israeli Occupation Forces against the Palestinians in Gaza.

 

Malaysia urges all conflicting parties to respect and adhere to the ceasefire as well as refrain from taking actions that may undermine it.

All parties should take the opportunity of the ceasefire to de-escalate tension and work towards finding a long-lasting and peaceful solution to the

conflict. We support international efforts aimed at achieving a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace on the basis of the relevant United Nations

Resolutions and international law, including humanitarian law.

 

The ceasefire represents a crucial step forward in preventing further loss of lives and destructions, but more remains to be done. Given the

dire situation in Gaza, our focus should now be on providing immediate and unimpeded humanitarian assistance for the

Palestinian people and reconstruction of Gaza. We support all international efforts in this regard, and will work closely with relevant

parties, including Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and civil society. Furthermore, as the pandemic continues to be a pressing

matter, Malaysia stands ready to engage and support initiatives with our partners to rebuild Gaza’s only COVID-19 testing

laboratory, which has been destroyed in the Israeli attacks.

 

In welcoming the ceasefire, the international community must not lose sight of the prolonged suffering of the Palestinian people, and

the urgent need to end the illegal Israeli occupation. Malaysia reiterates our call for Israel to stop its flagrant violations of

international law through its inhumane, colonial and apartheid policies towards the Palestinians in Gaza and across the Occupied

Palestinian Territory in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Malaysia also demands Israel to end the ongoing illegal blockade and siege

against Gaza which has exacerbated the already dire humanitarian crisis there.

 

Our resolute support and full solidarity with the Palestinian people remains unwavering, including towards their right to self-determination,

and the creation of an independent and sovereign State of Palestine, based on pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as the capital of

Palestine.

 

 

YB DATO’ SERI HISHAMMUDDIN TUN HUSSEIN

21 MAY 2021


5/21/21

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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