Malaysia and the United Nations Malaysia and the United Nations Malaysia and the United Nations is a multilateral relations between Malaysia and the United Nations. Since the existence of the organisation, the Federation of Malaya expressed an interest in joining the United Nations, and did so on 17 September 1957. Following a merger between Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak on 16 September 1963, it was later renamed Malaysia. However, less than two years after the merger, Singapore was expelled from the federation and joined the United Nations by itself on 21 September 1965. Malaysia plays an active role within the organisation with participation in
Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89) the Malaysian state of Sarawak in the island of Borneo, which had been incorporated into the Federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963. During the first Malayan Emergency (1948–1960), the MCP launched an unsuccessful insurrection against the Federation of Malaya. The independence of the Federation of Malaya on 31 August 1957 removed the major cause for the communists as the Federation had gained full autonomy from the United Kingdom. The first Malayan Emergency ended on 31 July 1960. Between 1960 and 1968, the MCP underwent a period of streamlining, retraining, and re-indoctrination of the communist ideology. The Malayan Races Liberation