Ambassador Dato' Noor Adlan was born on 28 December 1939 in Perak, Malaysia. His professional career is as follows:
- 1963–1965: Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia
- 1965–1967: Second Secretary, Embassy of Malaysia, Addis Ababa
- 1967–1971: First Secretary and then Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations in New York
- 1971–1973: Principal Assistant Secretary (Political) and then Under-Secretary (Administration and Finance), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia
- 1974–1976: Deputy High Commissioner High Commission of Malaysia, Australia
- 1976: Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations, Geneva
- 1976–1979: Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations, Geneva
- 1979–1982: Ambassador of Malaysia to the Republic of Korea
- 1982–1983: Ambassador of Malaysia to Saudi Arabia and concurrently accredited to the Kingdom of Jordan
- 1983–1986: Deputy Secretary-General for Economic Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia
- 1986–1990: Ambassador of Malaysia to the European Economic Community, Belgium and concurrently accredited to Luxembourg
- 1990 – July 1995: Ambassador of Malaysia to the People's Republic of China and concurrently accredited to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 30 August 1995 – 1997: Ambassador of Malaysia to the Republic of the Philippines
He attended several international conferences and meetings including
UN Negotiations on International Commodity Agreements, 1976
Ministerial Meeting of Economic Cooperation amongst Developing Countries, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) V at Manila, 1979
1985 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Nassau and the ASEAN/EEC Foreign Ministers Meeting in Jakarta in 1986 and Dusseldorf in 1988
Head of Malaysia's delegation to the negotiations on the Common Fund on Commodities and the 1988 Non-Aligned Ministerial Meeting on Economic Cooperation in Harare
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Closing Ceremony of the 3rd APEC Ministers' Conference on Regional Science & Technology Cooperation
23 October 1998
It is an honor to be invited to speak at this closing ceremony of the 3rd APEC Ministers' Conference on Regional Science and Technology Cooperation, more so in the presence of H E The President of the Republic of Mexico. Indeed your very presence, Sir, reflects the importance and proactive posture of Mexico towards APEC and through the painstaking efforts that your Administration have made in the logistical arrangements and substantive inputs to ensure the success of the Meeting. On behalf of the Hon APEC Ministers, Heads of Delegations attending the conference and my own behalf, we are also most appreciative of the warm and generous hospitality extended to us, including bringing us to your residence this morning.
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3rd APEC Ministers' Conference On Regional Science & Technology Cooperation
21 October 1998
The IAPs are plans for unilateral measures that are taken domestically be each member according to its own timetable. They are dynamic and rolling plans which are subject to revisions and improvements. IAPs cover 15 different categories of agreed action including traditional market access issues such as reduction and removal of tariffs and elimination of WTO-inconsistent non-tariff measures and greater transparency in investment regimes. IAPs also include other measures of benefit to investors and traders such as ensuring effective protection of intellectual property rights, increasing awareness of dispute mediation, services, encouraging wider competition and opening government procurement markets.
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Gender Developments In APEC
15 October 1998
APEC is a young organisation formed in 1989. Its Secretariat was set up in 1993 with a staff of 16 officers. Women representation in the Secretariat was at 18%. Today its staff strength stands at 45, of which 48% are made up of women. Among the 30 professional officers made up of secondees and locally recruited professionals, 12 are women who occupy posts involved in project evaluation, research and analysis, information services and publications, administration and finance.
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