Saifuddin: I was not minister responsible for Icerd


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah (pic) has clarified that it was not his idea to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Icerd).

However, he acknowledged that Icerd is contained in the Pakatan Harapan manifesto and was mentioned by the then prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the United Nations (UN) conference in 2018.

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