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THE OPEN-ENDED EXTRAORDINARY EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE OIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT THE LEVEL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS TO DISCUSS THE ONGOING ISRAELI MILITARY AGGRESSION AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, IN JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA

 

THE OPEN-ENDED EXTRAORDINARY EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE OIC

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT THE LEVEL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS 

TO DISCUSS THE ONGOING ISRAELI MILITARY AGGRESSION AGAINST THE

PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, IN JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA

 

I am in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, leading Malaysia’s delegation to the Open-ended Extraordinary Emergency Meeting of the OIC Executive Committee at the level of Foreign Ministers to discuss the ongoing Israeli military aggression against the Palestinian people. The Extraordinary Meeting was chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Highness Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, as the current Chair of the OIC Executive Committee, and was attended by the Foreign Ministers and representatives of the Member States of the OIC.

During the Meeting, I delivered Malaysia’s statement, urging an immediate cessation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to be stopped immediately and stressed the need for the Israeli regime to cease the ongoing politics of dispossession, that is denying the rights and land of the Palestinian people. OIC Member States, the international community, especially States with influence need to find a solution in this direction. I also urged the international community to support the opening of humanitarian corridors to ensure the unhindered flow of aid to the Palestinian people.

The Extraordinary Emergency Meeting adopted a Final Communiqué, strongly condemning the unprecedented Israeli aggression against civilians. The Final Communiqué also stressed among others, the immediate cessation of the Israeli aggression against the people of Palestine; the immediate lifting of the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip; and called upon countries and the international community to extend the immediate provision of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.

In the latest incident, Malaysia also seriously condemned the bombing of the Al-Ahli Al-Arabi Hospital in Northern Gaza, causing many deaths including women and children as well as innocent civilians. This brutal act is clearly against human values and does not comply with international law.

As one of the founding members of the OIC, Malaysia remains committed to the Palestinian cause. Malaysia is prepared to participate in any international efforts to provide humanitarian aid and relief supplies to the Palestinians.

Malaysia is also actively holding discussions with world leaders to find the best way to stop the ongoing conflict and to find a present solution for the sake of a more peaceful and secure future for the Palestinian people.

 

Dr. Zambry Abd Kadir

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

19 October 2023

 


10/19/23

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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