M’sia lobbies for UN Security Council membership in 2015
NEW YORK
CONTINUING its past lobbying efforts, Malaysia has further intensified its campaign to get a non-permanent seat in the United Nations' Security Council (UNSC) in 2015.
Datuk Hussein Haniff, Malaysia's permanent representative to the UN, said aside from the work related to global issues such as sustainable development, which has been a key issue at the United Nations, Malaysia has been calling for UN reforms.
“We have also been proactively lobbying for a non-permanent seat for Malaysia in the UNSC in 2015. We need to get two-third of the votes in the General Assembly for a non-permanent membership of the UNSC.
“I have been participating in all the open debates. The Malaysian mission is actively engaged in lobbying to get elected. We are the only candidate from Asia, so far, for a UNSC non-permanent seat, and need to get a two-third majority in the General Assembly for a non-permanent membership,” he said in an interview with Bernama here.
But Hussein said that despite the assurances given to a particular country that its candidature would be supported by others, things can turn out differently if any supporting country changed its decision.
While Malaysia is, as of now, the only unopposed candidate from Asia for a non-permanent UNSC seat, the envoy hoped that “this will remain so until the electoral process is finalised”.
Malaysia's candidature was proposed by ASEAN last year, a move which further strengthened Malaysia's case.
The Malaysian mission is also intensely lobbying for support from the Asia-Pacific group which, Hussein believed, would endorse Malaysia's candidature at end ofJanuary 2014. The group's endorsement would further strengthen Malaysia's case for a non-permanent UNSC seat at the final voting in October 2014. Malaysia last held a UNSC non-permanent seat in 2000. “We have built up a strong case (for a non-permanent UNSC seat) on the momentum resulting from our active work for the UN.”
Bernama
Datuk Hussein Haniff, Malaysia's permanent representative to the UN, said aside from the work related to global issues such as sustainable development, which has been a key issue at the United Nations, Malaysia has been calling for UN reforms.
“We have also been proactively lobbying for a non-permanent seat for Malaysia in the UNSC in 2015. We need to get two-third of the votes in the General Assembly for a non-permanent membership of the UNSC.
“I have been participating in all the open debates. The Malaysian mission is actively engaged in lobbying to get elected. We are the only candidate from Asia, so far, for a UNSC non-permanent seat, and need to get a two-third majority in the General Assembly for a non-permanent membership,” he said in an interview with Bernama here.
But Hussein said that despite the assurances given to a particular country that its candidature would be supported by others, things can turn out differently if any supporting country changed its decision.
While Malaysia is, as of now, the only unopposed candidate from Asia for a non-permanent UNSC seat, the envoy hoped that “this will remain so until the electoral process is finalised”.
Malaysia's candidature was proposed by ASEAN last year, a move which further strengthened Malaysia's case.
The Malaysian mission is also intensely lobbying for support from the Asia-Pacific group which, Hussein believed, would endorse Malaysia's candidature at end ofJanuary 2014. The group's endorsement would further strengthen Malaysia's case for a non-permanent UNSC seat at the final voting in October 2014. Malaysia last held a UNSC non-permanent seat in 2000. “We have built up a strong case (for a non-permanent UNSC seat) on the momentum resulting from our active work for the UN.”
Bernama
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