Download Closing Speech by Hon. Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam

DRAFT
SPEECH BY
HON. SENATOR TAN SRI MOHD ALI MOHD RUSTAM,
CHAIRMAN OF WORLD YOUTH FOUNDATION
AT THE
CLOSING CEREMONY
OF
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE
“YOUTH ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE”,
SWISS-GARDEN HOTEL & RESIDENCES MALACCA,
MALAYSIA
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A VERY GOOD EVENING TO
MR. ASFAAZAM KASBANI, ASSISTANT RESIDENT
REPRESENTATIVE, UNDP MALAYSIA, REPRESENTING
MS. MICHELLE GYLES-MCDONNOUGH - UNITED
NATIONS RESIDENT COORDINATOR FOR MALAYSIA,
AND UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR
MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
MR.
ABDULLAH
RASHEED,
CONSULTANT,
REPRESENTING WORLD ORGANIZATION OF THE
SCOUT MOVEMENT
YBHG DATUK LIM CHOW BENG
PENGURUS BESAR
MAJLIS
TINDAKAN
PERLANCONGAN
MELAKA
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YBHG DATUK LIM SUE BENG
DIRECTOR PYRAMID EXPRESS SDN BHD
MR. M. H. MOHAMED HUSNI
VICE
CHAIR
(INCLUSION
&
ENGAGEMENT)
COMMONWEALTH YOUTH COUNCIL &
CO-CHAIR OF COMMONWEALTH YOUTH FORUM 2015
MS. SAMEERA ZAIB
ASSISTANT MANAGER
(WATER & SANITATION SERVICES PESHAWAR)
COMMONWEALTH YOUTH COUNCIL
DR. EJRIA BINTI SALEH
SENIOR LECTURER
BORNEO MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MALAYSIA
MR. SIVAPALAN KATHIRAVALE
PRINCIPAL ANALYST, EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
MALAYSIAN INDUSTRY-GOVERNMENT GROUP FOR
HIGH TECHNOLOGY
MS. SADRY SHARIFI
DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF
TEHRAN INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE UNESCO
CATEGORY II CENTER, TEHRAN- IRAN
MS. LIM AI YIM
ADVOCATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
GROWTH CHAMPION, MALAYSIA
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MR. K. NARAYANASAMY
PRINCIPAL STAMFORD COLLEGE
MS. VARSHA K. AJMERA
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
WORLD YOUTH FOUNDATION
GUEST, PARTICIPANTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PRESS
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
SELAMAT DATANG AND A WARM WELCOME TO
MELAKA AND TO THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
ON CLIMATE CHANGE “YOUTH ACTION ON CLIMATE
CHANGE”.
I AM EXTREMELY GLAD THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HERE
FOR THE LAST FOUR DAYS AND HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY
INVOLVED ON VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ISSUES
ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
I UNDERSTAND HAVE BEEN
AHVING INTENSE DISCUSSION ON HUMAN IMPACTS ON
CLIMATE CHANGE, OCEAN ACCIDIFCIATION, GENDER
AND CLIMATE CHANGE, GREEN GROWHT , AND
BARRIERS TO YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN COMBATING
CLIMATE CHANGE.
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THIS ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES WHICH THE
MELAKA STATE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO SERIOUSLY
ADDRESSING. MELAKA IS KNOWN TO BE A GREEN CITY
AND WAS DECLARED AS A DEVELOPED STATE IN 2010
BASED ON OECD’S INDICATORS, AND HAS COMPLETED
THE MELAKA GREEN CITY ACTION PLAN (GCAP) IN
APRIL 2014.
MELAKA IN DEVELOPING TO BECOME A GREEN CITY
STATE BY 2020, AND MELAKA IS THE FIRST STATE IN
MALAYSIA TO JOIN THE UNITED NATION – URBAN
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCORDS (UN-UEA), ESTABLISHING
THE MELAKA GREEN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL WHICH
WILL SET THE GUIDELINES FOR THE GREEN INITIATIVE
AND
IMPLEMENTING
THE
MELAKA
GREEN
TECHNOLOGY CITY STATE BLUEPRINT 2011- 2020 TO
ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES.
MALAYSIA’S
COMMITMENT
TOWARDS
GREEN
IS
EVIDENCED BY THE RAPID ACHIEVEMENT OF THE
CONDITIONAL
TARGET
TO
CUT
THE
CARBON
EMISSIONS INTENSITY OF THE COUNTRY'S GROSS
DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) BY 40 PER CENT BY 2020, AS
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CHAMPIONED BY MALAYSIA’S PRIME MINISTER YAB
DATO’ SRI MOHD NAJIB TUN HJ
ABDUL RAZAK.
MALAYSIA ANNOUNCED AT THE UNITED NATIONS
CLIMATE SUMMIT 2014 THAT IT HAD EXCEEDED MORE
THAN 33 PER CENT OF THIS TARGET DESPITE FACING
DIFFICULTIES IN FULFILLING THE PLEDGE MADE
DURING
CONFERENCE
OF
PARTIES
(COP
15)
IN
COPENHAGEN BY IMPLEMENTING NEW NATIONAL
POLICIES
ON
CLIMATE
CHANGE
AND
GREEN
TECHNOLOGY.
CLIMATE CHANGE GATHERED US HERE TODAY, AND
WE HOPE, THAT THOUGH YOU COME FROM DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS,
AND
DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCE
YOU
WILL
COME
TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH COMMON STRATEGIES
FOR OUR COMMON FUTURE.
WHY CLIMATE CHANGE?
WHY YOUTH?
WHAT
MOTIVATED US TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE DURING THIS
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP?
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IT IS OUR DESIRE AT WORLD YOUTH FOUNDATION TO
ENHANCE THE PARTICIPATION OF YOUTH
THROUGH
STRENGTHENING THEIR VOICES, THEIR PERSPECTIVES
AND CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE STONGLY BELIEVE THAT YOUTH BEING THE
LARGEST
SHOULD
STAKEHOLDERS
BE
AT
THE
OF
CIVIL
FOREFRONT
SOCIETY,
OF
ANY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DIALOGUE.
HAVING
TAKEN
INTO
ACCOUNT
THE
SEVENTH
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL WHICH IS TO
ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
OUTCOME DOCUMENT FOR RIO+20 ENTITLED “THE
FUTURE WE WANT”.
WORLD YOUTH FOUNDATION
DESIRES TO ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF YOUTH.
THIS IS AN UNSURPASSABLE TIME TO WORK ON THESE
ISSUES,
PARTICULARLY
AT
A
TIME
WHEN
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ESPECIALLY ISSUES ON
CLIMATE
CHANGE,
HAVE
BECOME
KEY
GLOBAL
CHALLENGES.
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MANY
COUNTRIES
ARE
IN
THE
PROCESS
OF
DEVELOPING ADAPTATION PLANS AND DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION STRATEGIES TO HELP PEOPLE ADAPT TO
CHANGING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS WHERE THEY LIVE
MOST RECENTLY, YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE
WORLD ARE SENDING STRONG MESSAGES TO THEIR
GOVERNMENTS
AND
THE
INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY TO INCORPORATE AND PRIORITIZE
CLIMATE
CHANGE-RELATED
ISSUES
IN
THE
UPCOMING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
THIS
IS
BEING
DONE
THROUGH
THEIR
STRONG
PARTICIPATION IN THE UNITED NATIONS MY WORLD
GLOBAL SURVEY, THE SINGLE HIGHEST EFFORT BY
THE UNITED NATIONS TO ENGAGE CITIZENS OF THE
WORLD. AND SERVES AS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
HOW
YOUTH CAN MEANINGFULLY BE INCLUDED, IN THE
DEVELOPMENT AGENDA.
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WORLD YOUTH FOUNDATION HAS COLLECTED 3000
VOTES
THROUGH
OUR
ONLINE
AND
OFFLINE
VOLUNTEERS. A SPECIAL THANKS TO STAMFORD
COLLEGE MALACCA FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
THE MY WORLD SURVEY IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR YOUTH TO HAVE THEIR SAY IN DETERMINING THE
POST-2015 AGENDA AND I CALL UPON EACH AND
EVERY MALAYSIAN TO TAKE THE VOTE.
IN A
COUNTRY WITH 28 MILLION PEOPLE IT IS A PITY THAT
ONLY 5000 PEOPLE HAS VOTED SO FAR. WORLDWIDE
ABOUT 7.5 MILLION HAVE RECORDED THEIR VOTES,
“WE WILL WORK TO PASS THE SURVEY ON TO OTHER
YOUTH IN MALAYSIA WHICH MEANS GETTING INTO
VILLAGES AND INTO SCHOOLS,”
WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEIR VOICES OF ALL MALASYIANS ARE
HEARD AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE NEXT SET OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.”
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
WE ARE ALL HERE WITH THE SAME COMMON GOAL. TO
ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENSURE A HEALTHY
PLANET
FOR
ALL
OF
US
AND
THE
FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
THE OUTCOME DOCUMENT AND PAPERS IN WHICH ALL
YOUR DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATES WERE DERIVED IN
THE LAST FOUR DAYS , NEED TO HAVE A CONSISTENT
FOLLOW THROUGH SO WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN
REACH OUR OBJECTIVES.
YOU,
AS
SIGNATORIES
OF
THE
OUTCOME
DOCUMENTS, HAVE A STRATEGIC STAKE IN THE
MAKING
SURE
THAT
YOUR
ASPIRATIONS
ARE
TRANSLATED INTO ACTIONS ONCE YOU RETURN
HOME.
I
AM GLAD TO KNOW THAT WORLD YOUTH
FOUNDATION WILL BE HOLDING A SIDE EVENT IN
PARIS DURING COP21 (CONFERENCE OF PARTIES)
MEETING . WHERE ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE ARE
EXEPECTED TO COME TOGETHER TO SHOW A
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MASSIVE WORLDWIDE SUPPORT FOR AN AMBITIOUS
CLIMAT CHANGE AGREEMENT.
I WANT TO GIVE MY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE
COMONWEALTH YOUTH COUNCIL FOR ENDORSING
THIS
EVENT.
WE
HIGHLY
APPRECIATE
YOUR
ENDORSEMENT.
A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE CO-ORGANIZERS OF
THIS ACTIVITY: THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AND SPORTS,
THE NATIONAL COMMISSION OF UNESCO MALAYSIA,
UNDP MALAYSIA , TENAGA NATIONAL BERHAD, ROYAL
MALAYSIAN
POLICE
FORCE,
STAMFORD
COLLEGE
MALACCA AND ALL RESOURCE PERSONS, VOLUNTEERS
AND STAFF OF WORLD YOUTH FOUNDATION FOR
MAKING THIS HARD WORK.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
CLIMATE CHANGE “YOUTH ACTION ON CLIMATE
CHANGE”.
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TO ALL THE FOREIGN DELEGATES, I HOPE YOU HAD
A FUN TIME IN HISTORICAL MELAKA A UNESCO
WORLD HERITAGE CITY.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK IN MALACCA SOON .
I
HEREBY
DECLARE
THIS
INTERNATIONAL
WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE “YOUTH ACTION
ON CLIMATE CHANGE” OFFICIALLY CLOSE.
THANK YOU.
Hon. Senator Tan Sri Mohd Ali Rustam,
Chairman
World Youth Foundation
24th May 2015
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