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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA

The Forum concluded with Mr Lamy’s views on the
post-COVID world and the new challenges facing
the world due to the current imbalances between
geopolitics and geo-economics. Additionally, various
stakeholders such as multinational corporations, non-
governmental organisations, and non-state actors have
significant roles in addressing these challenges. He also
noted that whilst the responsibilities of the diplomats
would inevitably increase, the cooperation between
various stakeholders would lead to more desirable
outcomes in attaining global challenges beyond the
capacity of the sovereign states.

Young Scholar Diplomacy Attachment Programme Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Priority areas include
Revitalising Malaysia’s Links to the Global Economy,
The Young Scholar Diplomacy Attachment Programme Health Diplomacy, Digital Economy, Cybersecurity,
was organised virtually via Google Meet from 15 to Cultural Diplomacy, Peaceful Coexistence, Upholding
17 November 2021. This programme was intended to Multilateralism and Sustainable Development Goals
nurture the participants’ interest in Malaysian foreign (SDGs). In 2021, IDFR had also successfully conducted 3
policy and other important areas within the context of talk shows for the series: Let’s Talk: Human Rights, Let’s
international relations. The three-day programme was Talk: SDGs, and Let’s Talk: Health Diplomacy. The series
filled with lectures, briefings, and discussions by Wisma was pre-recorded and uploaded on IDFR’s websites and
Putra officers, the Malaysian Embassy in Bangkok, and social media platforms.
Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kuala Lumpur, as
well as the EU Delegation in Malaysia. The Let’s Talk: Human Rights featured three prominent
panellists namely Dato’ Cheong Loon Lai, Deputy
The participants comprised of 25 undergraduate Secretary-General of the Department of Multilateral
students from the Department of International & Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Member of
Strategic Studies, University of Malaya. They were Parliament for Batu Kawan, Kasthuriraani Patto; and
exposed to the theories, practices, and elements of Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of
diplomacy as well as the roles and functions of Wisma Malaysia (SUHAKAM), Mr. Jerald Joseph. This session
Putra. The participants also had a briefing session with was moderated by Dato’ Dr Shazelina Zainul Abidin,
a diplomat from the Embassy of the Russian Federation Director-General of IDFR.
on Malaysia-Russia bilateral ties.
The panellists for Let’s Talk: SDGs were Deputy
Talk Show Series Secretary-General of Treasury (Policy), Ministry of
Finance Ms Zakiah Jaafar; Principal Fellow at the
Let’s Talk is a talk show series that discusses the Institute of Ethnic Studies, UKM, Datuk Dr Anis Yusal
priority areas set out in the Focus in Continuity: Yusoff and Senior Research Associate at Khazanah
A Framework for Malaysia’s Foreign Policy in a Research Institute (KRI), Mr Yin Shao Loong. The session
Post-Pandemic World which was launched on 7 was moderated by Distinguished Fellow of IDFR and
December 2021 by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Executive Director of Third World Network (TWN), Ms
Chee Yoke Ling.

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