00:00President Seri R. Mofosa to us represent also a new voice, a voice of conscience,
00:20a tenacity and conviction, defending justice, human rights across the continent in Africa
00:32and most up to Gaza. They are a very prominent player in the Hague initiative in the ICC
00:40and of course on behalf of Malaysia generally I must also express my profound gratitude
00:50for this courage to defend what is right.
00:55Our support for Palestine was not just a fanciful act, it is born out of our own experience
01:03during our consultation of meat bilateral. You did mention that the concept of apartheid
01:12is also what we see being practiced in that part of the world and it is this
01:19that has motivated South Africa to raise our complaint to the International Court of Justice,
01:33a move that you have supported us in, much as it has been risky and fraught with a lot of opposition.
01:42But we thank you for acknowledging that it was a courageous move on our part
01:49and we will continue to seek justice for the people of Palestine like the world so sought to seek justice
01:58for us as South Africans when they also went to the United Nations to declare apartheid a crime against humanity.
02:06Announcing the departure of His Excellency the President of the Republic of South Africa
02:13and the Honorable Prime Minister of Malaysia from the hall.
