September 30, 2012
No to International Mediator Role, says Dr. Mahathir
by Bernama
NEW YORK: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has ruled out taking up the purpose of an general mediator similar to the ones performed by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair or United States (US) President Jimmy Carter.
He pronounced this during an informal meeting with Malaysian students upon Saturday during the Malaysian United Nations (UN) mission in New York.
After the consultation of the Rafik Hariri United Nations Habitat Memorial Award upon Mahathir Friday night, the little guest were privately asking if he would not have the great mediator for resolving general disputes, given his wide-ranging general experience as good as his elder statesman status.
"No, we do not consider we am qualified for such the role," he told Bernama, adding in the lighter vein which the "world will not listen to me as good as people will do what they likeso, we would discount such the role."
Mahathir looked loose as he fielded questions from the students upon issues ranging from the domestic incident in Malaysia as good as Malaysia's passing from one to another to the grown nation, to the China-Japan conflict.
"You need the strong government to conduct the multi-racial, multi-cultural as good as multi-religious nation like Malaysia," Mahathir noted.
Return home, students told
He also advised the students not to forget the enlightenment as good as values they brought from home when study in the West.
"We proceed to shift in conditions of the values as good as enlightenment after staying in grown countries. Some might even say which we (in! Malaysi a) have been not as on-going as in the countries where we have studied.When we review something great with something better, then your own nation doesn't demeanour so good. But when we review your nation with something not so good, then even the bad things proceed to demeanour good," he told the students.
He also urged Malaysian students to return home after completing their studies as good as suggest their expertise for nation-building.
"Help Malaysia realize the idea of apropos the grown nation by 2020," Mahathir said, indicating out which Malaysia, despite the global downturn, was still flourishing as good as "defying gravity", as the Financial Times recently put it.
Looking mentally pointy as good as alert for his age, 87-year-old Mahathir recalled which during the time of Independence from British colonial rule, Malaysia seemed to have been created off, with critics observant which the nation would not survive because of the multi-ethnic as good as multi-racial composition.
"We motionless to share the wealth in between the communities - Malay, Chinese as good as Indian. It's improved to have the not as big slice of the baked sweat bread than the full cake.
"By sharing the cake, we offered opportunities to the other communities as well," he said, explaining which Malaysia had thus ensured economic growth as good as prosperity.
Striking the balance
He pronounced which Malaysia was sanctified by nature and, unlike the little of the neighbours, had not been during the receiving end of natural disasters.Mahathir also spoke opposite corruption, observant which the chairman giving cheat was as guilty as the chairman taking it.
On the new riots in several Muslim countries over an anti-Islam film made by an particular in the US, he pronounced which he lucky freedom of countenance though there were stipulations to it, particularly when it harm the feelings of others.
On the escalating China-Japan tensions ! as good as the US purpose in the conflict, he said: "You have to be peaceful to compromise as good as set upon the balance."
He cited Malaysia's examples in reaching deals with the neighbours by taking the 'reasonable stand' when conflicts or issues arose.
Mahathir as good as his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali were welcomed during the mission by Malaysian Ambassador in Washington, Othman Hashim.
Muhammad Afiq Hassan, the tyro during the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, review out the welcome residence upon behalf of the students.
- Bernama
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