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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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