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STATEMENT : IGN MEETING ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, 3 APRIL 2023
STATEMENT BY
SARAH ZAHIRAH RUHAMA
FIRST SECRETARY
PERMANENT MISSION OF MALAYSIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS
AT THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS MEETING ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM
ON CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP, VIEWS ON HOW TO RECTIFY THE HISTORICAL INJUSTICE DONE TO AFRICA, VIEWS ON LATIN AMERICAN REPRESENTATION AND VIEWS ON ASIA-PACIFIC REPRESENTATION ON THE COUNCIL + STATUS OF THE IGN DOCUMENTS.
3 APRIL 2023
Distinguished Co-Chairs,
My delegation thanks you, Ambassador (Alexander Marschik of Austria), and Ambassador Tareq Albanai of Kuwait, for your leadership on this agenda. You can count on Malaysia’s support towards moving this agenda forward.
2. Malaysia supports the expansion of the Security Council membership, in both permanent and non-permanent categories, to ensure fair regional representation that corresponds with the current geo-political realities and dynamics. Malaysia is also strongly of the view that a text-based negotiation would well facilitate this reform process forward, and further ensure that this negotiation does not derail from its intended track. Text-based approach is part and parcel of our work at the UN, and it does not prejudice any positions or outcome of the reform process. My delegation remains flexible on which outcome document to be used as a basis of future negotiations, provided that negotiations are open, transparent and result-oriented.
3. Let me conclude by urging all Member States to demonstrate openness and flexibility in the interest of international peace and security. Thank you.