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INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN RELATIONS INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN RELATIONS
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA

have been successfully implemented based on the As research and training are the two main thrusts
niche areas of each centre. The programmes include of IDFR, the Institute is also staffed by research and
lecture series, talk shows, forum, training and courses training officers who have extensive experience and
for junior, mid-level and top-level officers, training and expertise in their respective fields such as politics,
courses for international participants and language economy, foreign languages and others. In terms of
courses. IDFR course participants and trainees have publications, IDFR consistently produces quality writings
many opportunities to participate in workshops, in discussing diverse national and multinational issues
seminars, roundtable discussions and public talks through various mediums, such as Diplomatic Voice,
organised by the Institute. Journal of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (JDFR) and
research papers. In addition, IDFR also published a
Retaining the tradition, the Institute continues inviting series of books starting with Number One, Wisma Putra
and welcoming important figures in and outside the in 2006, which contains stories and experiences of
country. Among prominent figures who have addressed Malaysian diplomats.
audiences at IDFR include the Sultan of Perak Darul
Ridzuan who is also the Institute’s Royal Patron, His In enhancing its purpose, IDFR has collaborated with
Royal Highness Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah ibni various institutions at local and international levels.
Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al- Maghfur- Among the Institute’s collaborators are the Association
Lah, His Royal Highness Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the European
Brunei Darussalam, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Tun Union (EU), the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Tun Musa Hitam, Kofi Annan, (SUHAKAM), the Association of Former Malaysian
Yasser Arafat, Benazir Bhutto, Nelson Mandela, Lee Ambassadors, Mercy Malaysia, public universities in
Hsien Loong, Haris Silajdzic, Ban Ki Moon, Gareth Evans, the country, media entities, as well as foreign missions
Helen Clark, Tan Sri Razali Ismail and Tunku Zain Al- based in Kuala Lumpur. To date, the Institute has been
‘Abidin ibni Tuanku Muhriz, among others. led by 13 Director-Generals who successfully brought it
to another level of excellence.

Happy 30th anniversary to the Institute of Diplomacy
and Foreign Relations (IDFR) Malaysia!

“If you want to walk fast,

walk alone. But if you want

to walk far, walk together.”

IDFR current photo (2021)

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