UN General Assembly
1963

117. Soon after, acting on the Commission's report, the representatives of the Malayan and British Governments met in a series of meetings in London in July 1962, In the light of the report and the agreement reached earlier between the Malayan and Singapore Governments on the merger terms, the British and Malayan Governments agreed in principle to the establishment of Malaysia and decided to establish an Inter-Governmental Committee on which the British, Malayan, Sabah and Sarawak Governments would be represented. The task of the Committee was to work out the detailed constitutional arrangements including the various safeguards for the special interests of Sabah and Sarawak, 118. On 12 September 1962 a motion was unanimously adopted by the Sabah Legislative Council welcoming the decision in principle to establish Malaysia. A similar motion was passed without dissent by the Legislative Council of Sarawak.