Special plates issued for the 13th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit held in Kuala Lumpur in 2003. “XIII NAM” (13 NAM) prefix was created to mark the event, with 1-999 allocated for official use by delegations. These were not sold to public; instead, they were temporarily assigned to motorcades and VIP vehicles of heads of state and delegates during the summit. For example, the car ferrying a president might display XIIINAM 1, and another for a prime minister might have XIIINAM 2, and so on. The Roman numeral XIII underscored it being the 13th summit, and NAM indicated the conference. After the event, these plates were returned and retired. A few might have been presented as gifts to certain countries’ leaders as mementos. None entered general circulation. Thus, an XIIINAM plate spotted today (virtually never, unless at a museum or if one was illegally retained) would be extraordinarily unique. They are essentially artifacts of diplomatic history. Together with the OIC and ASEAN summit plates of that era, they show Malaysia’s practice of issuing special event plates for international conferences. For the public, they were mostly unseen (except on the news), but they remain an intriguing footnote in the story of Malaysian number plates. Key Facts: Issue Date: 2003 Issuance Range: 1 - 999 Rarity: Event-only (999 plates, diplomatic use) Transfer Rules: Not applicable (not publicly registered)