Malaysia license plate: UN

Issued today 1987 to today. Diplomatic plates for car, issued by Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan Malaysia (JPJ). One of 8 Malaysia license plates.

Malaysia license plate, UN (1987 to today), sample 57 UN

Format, years and the law

Format
99 UN, for example 57 UN (9 any digit)
  • marking

The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.

Years issued
1987 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Diplomatic: diplomatic corps (embassy) issuance, usually its own decode. Issued for car.
Colours
Characters #FFFFFF Background #CC0000
About this plate
UNITED NATIONS OFFICES AND SPECIALISED AGENCIES, marked UN.

Legal basis and sources

  1. Wisma Putra 'MOTOR VEHICLES' para 6.11, the UN allocation table and the four named agency numbers (UNDP 10, WHO 11, FAO 12, UNHCR 14); para 6.9 the red/black split. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163606/http://www.kln.gov.my/web/guest/diplomat
  2. JPJ lists 'the UN' alongside embassies as entitled to the red plate. https://web.archive.org/web/20130516074518/http://www.jpj.gov.my/web/eng/specifications-of-vehicle-number-plates

This plate in your app

The series id is my-un. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Malaysia's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/my \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "my-un")'