• Muhamad said that the Palestinian people had been subjected to despair and agony for far too long

Arab News

AMMAN: The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People on Wednesday unanimously elected Ahmad Faisal Muhamad, permanent representative of Malaysia to the UN, as its vice chair and rapporteur, the Jordan News Agency reported.

The UN General Assembly established the CEIRPP in 1975 to recommend a programme to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their rights to self-determination without external interference, national independence and sovereignty, and to return to their homes and properties from which they had been displaced. 

Muhamad said that the Palestinian people had been subjected to despair and agony for far too long. Malaysia, he said, was still convinced that the internationally recognized two-state solution, with East Jerusalem as its capital and based on pre-1967 borders, could be achieved if the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, exerted all efforts to secure its full implementation.

In supporting the cause of the Palestinian people, Muhamad said: “You can count on Malaysia’s commitment and support toward the work of this committee and the realization of the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights to self-determination, national independence, and sovereignty.”