A/HRC/11/L.10 page 169 688. At its 19th meeting, on 12 June 2009, the Council considered and adopted the outcome of the review on Malaysia (see section C below). 689. The outcome of the review on Malaysia comprised of the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/11/30 and A/HRC/11/30/Corr.1), the views of Malaysia concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions, and its voluntary commitments and replies presented before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in the Working Group (see also A/HRC/11/30/Add.1). 1. Views expressed by the State under review on the recommendations and/or conclusions as well as on its voluntary commitments and the outcome 690. Malaysia stated that, by accepting the majority of the recommendations, it had showed its flexibility with a view to improving the human rights situation in the country. Malaysia had already begun implementing recommendations and was committed to programmes, such as human rights awareness and training and the harmonization of national legislation with international human rights instruments. 691. The accepted recommendations included one relating to continuous training for law enforcement officials, which would be implemented through a workshop to be organized jointly with the Commonwealth secretariat in June 2009. Malaysia was also discussing with the OHCHR Regional Office in Bangkok the possibility of organizing other capacity-building workshops or seminars. 692. Since April 2009, Malaysia had a new Prime Minister, who espoused the concept of “one Malaysia”, a concept that gave a clearer picture of the term “unity in diversity”, and who took a pluralistic and integrationist approach.

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