United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and Malaysia Experience
UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AND MALAYSIA’S INVOLVEMENT
INTRODUCTION
1. YBhg Dato,ladies and gentlemen. It is our pleasure to share some of our knowledge and experiences with you on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and to highlight some of Malaysia’s involvement in these operations this morning.
AIM
2. To present an overview of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO) and highlighting Malaysia’s involvement in these operations
SCOPE
3. This presentation will dwell on the following agendas in brief:
a. The UN System
b. UN Peace and Security Spectrum
c. UNPKO
d. Malaysia’s Involvement THE UN SYSTEM
4. The name, “United Nations” — coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt — was first used in the “Declaration by United Nations” of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.
5. After the Second World War, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter. Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks, United States, in August-October 1944. The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries. Poland, which was not represented at the Conference, signed it later and became one of the original 51 Member States.
6. The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945 — when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and a majority of other signatories. United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October each year.
7. The UN has 193 sovereign States as its members. The United Nations is the instrument of all its Member States, which
INTRODUCTION
1. YBhg Dato,ladies and gentlemen. It is our pleasure to share some of our knowledge and experiences with you on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and to highlight some of Malaysia’s involvement in these operations this morning.
AIM
2. To present an overview of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO) and highlighting Malaysia’s involvement in these operations
SCOPE
3. This presentation will dwell on the following agendas in brief:
a. The UN System
b. UN Peace and Security Spectrum
c. UNPKO
d. Malaysia’s Involvement THE UN SYSTEM
4. The name, “United Nations” — coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt — was first used in the “Declaration by United Nations” of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.
5. After the Second World War, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter. Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks, United States, in August-October 1944. The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries. Poland, which was not represented at the Conference, signed it later and became one of the original 51 Member States.
6. The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945 — when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and a majority of other signatories. United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October each year.
7. The UN has 193 sovereign States as its members. The United Nations is the instrument of all its Member States, which