PUTRAJAYA, June 5 — Malaysia has expressed deep regret over the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) repeated failure to adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.
The Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) said the repeated failure of the Security Council to respond to one of the most devastating human tragedies since the Second World War, as a result of the exercise of veto, was indeed regrettable and deeply disappointing.
“Malaysia strongly opposes the Zionist Israeli regime’s murder of civilians, their genocide and the perpetration of mass starvation and blockade of humanitarian aid as weapons of war,” it said in a statement today.
On Wednesday, the United States (US) vetoed a UNSC draft resolution that called for an “immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, according to international news reports.
The draft, proposed by Slovenia on behalf of the Council’s 10 elected members — Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Panama, Pakistan, South Korea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and Slovenia — received 14 votes in favour.
The resolution expressed “grave concern over the catastrophic humanitarian situation, including the risk of famine” and recalled the obligations of all parties to uphold international humanitarian and human rights law.
Wisma Putra said that despite the UNSC's failure, Malaysia emphasised that the international community must not relent in its efforts to restore peace, security, and stability in the Middle East.
It said the Zionist Israeli regime must realise that the only path to lasting peace and stability in the Middle East is through the establishment of an independent and sovereign State of Palestine, based on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
“This position is widely shared and enunciated by the vast majority of the international community,” Wisma Putra said.
— Bernama
