MEDAL PARADE ON 30TH JUNE 2009
His Excellency the Ambassador of Malaysia to Lebanon,
Religious Authorities,
Representatives of the Lebanese Army,
Representatives of Official Security Systems,
Representatives of Civilian Authorities,
UNIFIL Military and Civilian staff,
Distinguished guests,
Fellow Peacekeepers,
SPEECH
GOOD MORNING,SELAMAT PAGI.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO THE MALCOY WEST 1 FOR GIVING ME THE HONOUR TO AWARD THE UN MEDAL THIS MORNING. AS ALL OF US ARE AWARE, THE AIM OF OUR GATHERING HERE TODAY IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE MALCOY WEST 1 FOR THEIR VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION IN UPHOLDING THE UN MANDATE UNDER UNIFIL. FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE THESE BRAVE MEN HAVE DONE, UNIFIL IS PROUD TO HONOUR THEM WITH THE UN PEACEKEEPING MEDAL.
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SPEECH
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE FIRST MALAYSIAN CONTINGENT TO BE DEPLOYED IN LEBANON WAS IN JANUARY 2007 AND IT WAS KNOWN AS MALCON EAST 1 AND IS BASED IN UNP 7-4 KAUKOBA. THE SUCCESS OF THEIR MISSION HAD CONTINUED UNTIL NOW WITH THE LATEST CONTINGENT CURRENTLY OPERATING IN UNP 7-4 IS MALCON EAST 4. IN OCTOBER 2008 THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT AGAIN WAS GIVEN THE HONOR TO CREATE ANOTHER CONTINGENT TO REPLACE THE QATAR COY AND THIS CONTINGENT WAS KNOWN AS MALCON WEST 1. THIS CONTINGENT IS BASED HERE AT QATAR CAMP UNP 2-45 AND WAS FULLY OPERATIONAL BY EARLY NOV 2009.
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SPEECH
CURRENTLY THERE ARE AROUND 600 PERSONNEL FROM MALAYSIA SERVING WITH UNIFIL INCLUDING STAFF IN UNIFIL HQ AND SECTOR EAST HQ. HERE IN MALCOY WEST 1 THERE ARE 230 PEACEKEEPERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THIS MISSION. THIS WILL BE INCREASED WITH THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER 150 MALAYSIAN PEACEKEEPERS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE BY MID JULY AND TRANSFER OF 60 COMMAND ELEMENT FROM MALCON EAST 4 , WHICH WOULD MAKE THIS UP TO BATTALION STRENGTH UNIT, WHICH WILL BE KNOWN AS MALBATT. I AM SURE WITH THIS ADDITION MALAYSIA WILL CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY IN MAINTAINING PEACE AS IT HAS DEMONSTRATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN. MALAYSIAN CONTINGENTS, HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MANY UN MISSIONS. AMONG THEM ARE ONUC (CONGO 60-63), UNTAC (NAMIBIA 89-90), UNAMIC (CAMBODIA 91-92), UNOSOM (SOMALIA 93-95), UNPROFOR (BOSNIA 93-98) AND INTERFET (EAST TIMOR 99-2000). THE UNITED NATIONS HAS GIVEN GREAT HONOUR FOR MALAYSIAN CONTINGENTS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR GREAT SERVICE IN DISCHARGING THEIR DUTIES AS PEACEKEEPERS.
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SPEECH
ADDITIONALLY, I AM PROUD TO WELCOME THE FIRST BRUNEIAN PEACEKEEPERS. THROUGH THIS CONTINGENT 5 PERSONNEL FROM THE ROYAL BRUNEI ARMED FORCES IS EMBEDDED WITHIN MALCOY WEST 1. THEY HAVE ALSO ENORMOUSLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS MISSION.
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SPEECH
WITH THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF COMMITMENT, ONLY SELECTED TROOPS ARE CHOSEN FROM ALL BRANCHES OF SERVICES OF THE MALAYSIAN ARMED FORCES NOTABLY THE MALAYSIAN ARMY, THE ROYAL MALAYSIAN NAVY, THE ROYAL MALAYSIAN AIR FORCE AND THE ROYAL BRUNEI ARMED FORCES.
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SPEECH
HERE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, MALCOY WEST 1 HAS BEEN DEPLOYED IN SECTOR WEST AOR WITHIN FRENCH BN. THROUGHOUT THE LAST 8 MONTHS, MALCOY WEST 1 HAS SHOWN THEIR GREAT INTEROPERABILITY AMONGST ALL THE CONTINGENTS WITHIN THE AOR AND THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. THIS COULD ONLY HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED THROUGH SHEER DETERMINATION AND PATIENCE OF ITS OFFICERS AND MEN.
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I AM ALSO VERY PLEASED THAT MALCOY WEST 1 HAS SHOWED SUCH GOOD COOPERATION WITH OTHER TROOP CONTRIBUTING NATIONS IN THE UNIFIL AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN LEBANON. MALCON WEST 1 CIMIC ACTIVITIES AND ALSO THEIR SUPPORT IN ASSISTING COMMUNITY PROJECTS ORGANIZED BY THE MALAYSIAN EMBASSY HAD STRENGTHENED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND UNIFIL AS A WHOLE.
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SPEECH
ALTHOUGH MALCOY WEST 1 IS NOT OPERATING AS A BATALLION SIZED UNIT IN THE AOR, THIS DOES NOT DETER THE TROOPS EFFORTS OR THEIR SPIRIT IN CARRYING OUT THE UN MANDATE. UNDENIABLY, MALCOY WEST 1 HAS PROVEN THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO FULFILL AND DULY EXECUTE ALL TASKS GIVEN TO THEM IN AN EXCELLENT AND PROFESIONAL MANNER. IN VIEW OF THEIR COMMITMENTS, TOILS AND SACRIFICES, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE AWARDED AN UN PEACEKEEPING MEDAL AS WE ARE GATHERED HERE THIS MORNING.
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SPEECH
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE MALCOY WEST 1 FOR RECEIVING THE UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN UNIFIL. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO MALCOY WEST 1 FOR THEIR SHEER PERSEVERANCE AND DETERMINATION IN ENSURING SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MANDATE.
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SPEECH
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UPON ALL THE INDIVIDUALS OF UNIFIL BE IT MILITARY OR CIVILIAN TO CONTINUE AND KEEP UP THE GOOD PERFORMANCE IN PRESERVING PEACE AND SECURITY IN LEBANON.
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TERIMA KASIH,
THANK YOU,
MAJ GEN CLAUDIO GRAZIANO
FORCE COMMANDER, UNIFIL
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