Mr.

President, Secretary General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and

Gentlemen,

Over the course of the next three days, as we, the delegates from over 65
countries of a world, work together to seek urgent solutions to the pressing
problems that we face as a united world community; let me urge on behalf our
country, Malaysia, that we all look beyond our narrow personal interests,
overcome our traditional biases and work together to achieve the betterment
of humanity keeping not only our present day concerns in mind but also
keeping in perspective the fate of our future generations too.

We are optimistic that if we look at the issues we are going to discuss during
this General Assembly meeting through this perspective, the challenges that
we face will not prove to be insurmountable. It will not be very difficult to agree
on resolutions like those that seek to eradicate the illegal wildlife trade, prevent
the loss of habitat of endangered species and work together to cut down
carbon emission rates to limit its effects on the global climate. With such an
enlightened perspective, it will also not be difficult for us to sympathise with
the plight of Iraqi refugees, migrant workers and child domestic workers and help to
pass UN conventions to protect their interests and rights.

It is our belief that if we are interested in seeking ‘win win’ solutions for all parties concerned; and
if the nations concerned are amenable to reason and negotiation, agreeable resolutions of problems
faced by countries like Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Iraq, Myanmar and Iran whether
they are due to internal or external reasons, are not so hard to achieve.

During this meeting, we urge the member nations to pay special attention
towards the call for democracy by the peaceful monks of Myanmar, the fate of
5 million Iraqi refugees and 3 million Zimbabweans who have been uprooted
from their own lands and forced into exile due to various socio-economic and
political reasons, the Iranian nuclear flashpoint; and most importantly the
question of Arctic Sovereignty.

In these endeavours, as with the others that will be set in motion during this
General Assembly meeting, I would like to assure you all that Malaysia will do
its part as a responsible member nation and contribute to achieve success in
all the goals set for this General Assembly’s agenda.

Thank you very much!