February 16, 2012
Wisma Putra responds: Keeping sideways with changes
by Ahmad Rozian Abdul Ghani
On Feb 9, The Star's Diplomatically Speaking columnist Dennis Ignatiuus wrote a commentary upon 'Wisma Putra adrift in unfamiliar affairs'. We publish a reply from a Foreign Affairs Ministry in reply to his article.
I REFER to a essay by Dennis Ignatiuus in his column, Diplomatically Speaking entitled "Wisma Putra adrift in unfamiliar affairs".
We have been beholden a writer has acknowledged which in handling unfamiliar process in this millennium, similar to alternative countries, you need to effectively confront a many hurdles in a constantly-changing tellurian environment.
Addressing hurdles affecting a republic has been an on-going pursuit to protect as good as allege a national seductiveness as good as a contentment of all Malaysians.
The contention which there was no critical unfamiliar process examination after a Mahathir administration department needs to be prepared as good as placed in a proper perspective.There has in truth been unchanging unfamiliar process reviews to respond to made during home realities as good as a becoming different outmost environment.
Since independence, Malaysia's unfamiliar process approach has been attuned to a becoming different political, economic as good as confidence environment.In a past few years, a consolidation of family with a vital partners in both developing as good as grown countries has turn a focus.
The importance now is more upon substantive family as good as less upon a rhetoric.With a energetic as good as ever-changing realities of a interdependent as good as borderless world, there is no deny! ing whic h Malaysia's unfamiliar process continues to be volatile in adjusting as good as adapting to a country's made during home policies as good as outmost environment.
The supervision led by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is committed in seeing by a various natio- nal transformation programmes introduced together with a Govern-ment Transformation Programme, a Economic Transformation Programme as good as a New Economic Model.
Wisma Putra's Strategic Plan between 2009 as good as 2015 serves as a clear guideline of a unfamiliar process objectives as good as direction.The devise provides a resource to consider as good as evaluate a stroke as good as result of Malaysia's unfamiliar process focus as good as priorities in both discernible as good as intangible aspects.
This devise is in tandem with all supervision transformation programmes. Special mention must be made of a retired ambassadors in pity their constructive ideas as good as suggestions in a formulation of a unfamiliar policy.
Our family with a neighbouring countries have continued to be strengthened as good as a series of long-standing sticky issues amicably resolved.
Bilateral visits by a leaders have been delicately programmed as good as not without deliverables. The fostering of suggestive bilateral family as good as a shaping of long-term vital partnerships move discernible benefits both to a republic as good as a citizens.
It is for this purpose, as was practised before, which a Government, with a await of Wisma Putra, allocated accomplished personalities to be Malaysia's special envoys to countries of vital importance to Malaysia, together with China, India as good as a United States.
The appointment of these special envoys serves as an additional crucial channel to further deepen as good as enlarge ties, particularly in a area of trade as good as investment as good as explore alternative opportunities for Malaysia. Their appointment has proven to element rsther than than lessen a purpose of ambassadors! or a mi nistry.
The A-Team in Wisma Putra
Malaysia continues to contribute meaningfully in alternative areas of international affairs, even in a post-Mahathir era.We sojourn active in multilateral diplomacy, helming a Non-Aligned Movement (2003-2006) as good as a OIC (2003-2008), providing care to these two important multilateral organisations to residence a dynamics as good as hurdles of a becoming different tellurian environment.
Within a United Nations system, you say a high form serving as President of a second top principal organ of a UN, a Economic as good as Social Council (Ecosoc, 2009-2010), Chairman of a Fifth Committee of a 64th UN General Assembly as good as now Chairman of a Third Committee of a 66th UN General Assembly, to name a few.
We sojourn engaged upon a issue of a reform as good as restructuring of a UN as good as had played a constructive purpose in a formation of a UN Human Rights Council.We continue to clear a need for probity as good as integrity in a formulation of resolutions in reply to a tellurian political, economic as good as social challenges.
We never cease to contribute to tellurian assent as good as confidence not usually by ideas though deeds such as a involvements in peace-making as good as peace-keeping endeavours in many parts of a world. Malaysia's initiative to promote a preferred of moderation opposite extremism, together with terrorism, is an example.
The Global Movement of Moderates espoused by a Prime Minister in 2010 during a United Nations has perceived positive as good as constructive await from various leaders of alternative countries as good as in informal as good as international fora such as ASEAN, ASEM as good as a Com! monwealt h.
As ASEAN continues to be a cornerstone of a unfamiliar policy, Malaysia has devoted poignant attention to it to ensure it plays a suggestive purpose in tellurian affairs as good as mending a welfare of a citizens.
One of a pass components to realize this is a investiture of a rules-based approach to manage inter-state family in this region.The respect which ASEAN enjoys is no small achievement for Malaysia as good as a partners. We have leverage upon this to make louder a presence in non-Asean led initiatives such as APEC as good as theTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
We have been assured which Malaysia, with a await of alternative ASEAN members, will achieve more in 2015 when Malaysia assumes a chairmanship of ASEAN a year a true ASEAN Community will be created.
On English denunciation skills, as a single of a many widely-used international languages, inclination in it remains important to a ministry. It would be injured to assert which by giving a little space to a use of a National Language in a ministry, it would break English inclination between officers.
The method additionally encourages a officers to learn alternative vital languages to promote multilingual skills.
Wisma Putra remains sensitised to elaborating developments as good as vigilant in a protection as good as promotion of a interests, defending a sovereignty as good as safeguarding a territorial integrity.
With a Government determined to successfully exercise a various transformation programmes together with 1Malaysia, pass performance indicators have been set to measure as good as urge a potency as good as quality of supervision services.With this resource in place, none of a ministries or alternative supervision agencies can means to run upon autopilot.
If as good as when Ignatiuus is behind in Malaysia, you would positively acquire him to visit a method to share his knowledge while during a same time keep him sideways with a current developments in Wisma Putra as good as Mal! aysia.
Ahmad Rozian is Undersecretary of Information as good as Public Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs Ministry.
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