 Malaysia urged Israel to "cease all military action" and "call[ed] upon the international community to intervene".On 20 July, the foreign minister told the press that Malaysia was considering plan to deploy peacekeepers to Lebanon.During an emergency meeting of Muslim leaders by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference on 3 July, chairman Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi called for the convening of the United Nations General Assembly in 'emergency special session', under the terms of the "Uniting for Peace" resolution, if the Security Council failed to act immediately in the crisis.