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STATEMENT Y.B. DATO’ SERI UTAMA HAJI MOHAMAD BIN HAJI HASAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA MINISTERIAL MEETING IN SUPPORT OF UNRWA 25 SEPTEMBER 2025

STATEMENT

 

Y.B. DATO’ SERI UTAMA HAJI MOHAMAD BIN HAJI HASAN

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA

 

MINISTERIAL MEETING IN SUPPORT OF UNRWA

25 SEPTEMBER 2025

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Mr. Chairman, Excellencies and Distinguished Delegates,

1. Malaysia commends the unwavering commitment and exceptional work carried out by UNRWA. UNRWA remains the lifeline for the Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, as well as in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

2. Malaysia will continue to support the mandate of UNRWA in providing assistance and protection to Palestinian refugees.

3. UN Member States must uphold their responsibility to support the work of UNRWA, and in ensuring the uninterrupted delivery of vital humanitarian aid in Gaza. Malaysia will continue to work together with partners such as Jordan and Egypt, as well as NGOs in this regard.

4. Through the Humanitarian Trust Fund for the People of Palestine, Malaysia has contributed USD 17 million worth of financial and humanitarian aid to Palestine since 2024.

5. We will continue to support with funding and I am pleased to announce that Malaysia will support additional USD 25 million in humanitarian aid and for the reconstruction of Gaza, as a sign of our continuous commitment to support the Palestinians.

6. We stand ready to cooperate with the UN and Like - Minded Countries in collective efforts to improve the supply of humanitarian aid, as well as towards the rebuilding and reconstruction of Gaza in the future.

Thank you.


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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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