It is high time the international community reaffirm the foundational principles of justice and equality that underpin the United Nations, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The Prime Minister when speaking at the Strategic Vision Group: Russia-Islamic World forum on Wednesday (Dec 11), highlighted the global silence on issues such as the plight of Palestine, and questioned the disconnect between the United Nation’s original mission and the world’s current tolerance for colonial practices.
Anwar emphasised the need for collective action among nations to realign global governance with the United Nation’s original principles.
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The Prime Minister when speaking at the Strategic Vision Group: Russia-Islamic World forum on Wednesday (Dec 11), highlighted the global silence on issues such as the plight of Palestine, and questioned the disconnect between the United Nation’s original mission and the world’s current tolerance for colonial practices.
Anwar emphasised the need for collective action among nations to realign global governance with the United Nation’s original principles.
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00:00I can't end my speech without referring to the issue of Palestine.
00:17It's a tragedy of this century, the genocide continues with impunity.
00:26This sign of barbarism in this period and age is sickening for us to observe and see
00:36on a daily basis children and women and their property plundered.
00:44I have said in Rio during the G20 summit in the presence of the President of the United
00:50States and many European leaders too, that the United Nations was set up as a body of
01:00independent nations against colonialism.
01:04In Muslim countries, the fight against colonial masters were mainly by the Muslim groups.
01:10The battle against imperialism is part and parcel of the Muslim struggle of the last
01:13century.
01:15But now the world seems to condone and accept colonialism.
01:21You colonize Palestine, you plundered their property, you squandered their wealth and
01:29you dispossessed their land, property and life.
01:34And the world seems to be silent.
01:45So the moral fabric of global community is gone.
01:51Why talk about morality?
01:54Why preach about democracy and human rights?
01:58I've taken a position refusing to listen to the hectoring and lectures about human
02:05rights and democracy by Western leaders because clearly there is a disconnect, to use a polite
02:16term, hypocrisy, to use the right term.
02:23And may we seek Allah's help and blessing and through our efforts of effective collaboration
02:34to state our stand and preserve the right of others.