MALAYSIA DEEPLY REGRETS UNITED STATES VETO ON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION DEMANDING IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE IN GAZA
MALAYSIA DEEPLY REGRETS UNITED STATES VETO ON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION DEMANDING IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE IN GAZA
Malaysia deeply regrets that the United Nations Security Council failed to adopt a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza on 8 December 2023 because of a single veto by the United States.
The fact that the draft resolution had received significant support from 102 countries, including Malaysia, is a testament to the international community’s desire to see an immediate end to the egregious assault on Gaza.
Malaysia rejects the assertion that an immediate ceasefire would “only plant the seeds for the next war”. It is the continued aggression by Israel against the innocents in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territory at large that poses a real and ongoing threat to a durable peace and the ultimate two-State solution.
The current humanitarian situation in Gaza is simply untenable. The Malaysian Government is deeply saddened by this outrageous decision to ignore the clamour and appeal from the international community. Despite the Secretary-General’s grave warnings and the appeal by humanitarian actors, the Council’s continued failure to objectively address the situation is a grave injustice and a total disregard to the human lives in Gaza.
Malaysia reiterates its call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the protection of civilians, and the urgent delivery of lifesaving aid to the people in Gaza.
Malaysia is unyielding in its conviction that the Palestinians deserve their own independent and sovereign State, based on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its Capital.
PUTRAJAYA
10 December 2023