MALAYSIA WELCOMES THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 4 JUNE 2024
MALAYSIA WELCOMES
THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
4 JUNE 2024
His Excellency Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will undertake a Working Visit to Malaysia on 4 June 2024 at the invitation of the Government of Malaysia.
High Commissioner Türk will be accompanied by senior officials based in Geneva and Bangkok, on his maiden trip to Southeast Asia as High Commissioner for Human Rights, including to Thailand and Lao PDR. He arrived in Malaysia on 1 June 2024.
While in Malaysia, High Commissioner Türk is scheduled to call on YAB Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim and hold meetings with YB Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan and other members of the Cabinet. He will also be meeting with the National Human Rights Institution of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) as well as members of the civil society.
The High Commissioner’s visit is part of Malaysia’s continued engagement and collaboration with the United Nations, to raise human rights awareness and strengthen literacy for the enjoyment of human rights by fellow Malaysians.
Malaysia remains as an active and constructive member of the Human Rights Council in Geneva and has served three terms, from 2006-2009, 2010-2013 and 2022-2024. Malaysia will conclude its current term on 31 December 2024. On a related matter, Malaysia had also successfully presented its Fourth National Report on the Situation of Human Rights to the Human Rights Council in January 2024.
This is the second visit by a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to Malaysia, after former High Commissioner Michele Bachelet in 2019.
The UN General Assembly established the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in December 1993, to facilitate efforts by Member States in promoting sustainable development and enhancing international cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights.
PUTRAJAYA
3 June 2024