ACCEPTANCE: agreement to the act or offer of another so that the parties
become legally bound
ACCESSION: the act by which a nation becomes a party to a treaty (convention,
etc.) already in force
ACCORD: a formal treaty or agreement
ACCREDITATION: giving official authorization to or approval of; sending out a diplomatic envoy with credentials to an official or government of the receiving state
ACTE FINAL: a formal summary or statement of the proceedings of a conference
or congress, enumerating the treaties or conventions drawn up as the
result of its deliberations; also final act
AD INTERIM: temporary; in the meantime
AD REFERENDUM: subject to the approval of the government
AGENDA a list of items to be discussed or business to be transacted, as at a
meeting, etc. or during the negotiations
AGREATION: the process of determining whether the proposed diplomatic envoy is acceptable to the receiving state
AGREMENT: the approval of an ambassador or a minister by the government of
the receiving state
AIDE-MEMOIRE: an informal summary of a diplomatic interview or conversation which serves merely as an aid to memory; usu. left at the foreign office by the ambassador or minister concerned (or his representative), or handed to the ambassador or minister concerned (or his representative) at the foreign office
ALTERNAT: a special rule followed dttring (he conclusion of a multilateral treaty, entitling each state party to precedence in the original text retained by it
AMBASSADOR atop-ranking diplomat accredited to a foreign government or to the head of slate as a resident representative;.sec: ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
AMBASSADOR,APPOINTED: a top-ranking diplomat who has been received by a secretary of state or minister for foreign affairs prior to presenting his credentials to the head of state
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE: a diplomatic agent accredited to no particular country
AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE: a diplomatic agent who has been appointed to office, approved by the head of the receiving state, but has not presented his credentials
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY: a nonaccredited personal representative of the head of state on a special diplomatic mission
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY: a personal representative of the head of one state accredited to the head of another state, head of the mission (1st class)
APPEL: the salutation in a letter or note indicating the official title of the addressee
ASYLUM: protection from arrest and extradition given by a state to political refugees
ATTACHE: 1.the lowest ranking official of the diplomatic service,this rank being abolished in many countries and replaced by the "third secretary"; 2. a senior diplomatic official attached to a mission for specialized services, e. g.: a military (naval, air or commercial) ~
BELLIGERENCY: the state of being at war or in conflict with another nation CAREER DIPLOMAT: a professional diplomat
CASUS BELLI: an act or situation justifying or precipitating war CHANCELLERY: the office or staff of an embassy or a consulate
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CHARGE DIAFFAIRES: a diplomatic representative inferior in rank to an ambassador or minister who is sent to another country and accredited to the minister for foreign affairs; head of the mission (3rd class)
CHARGE DfAFFAIRES AD INTERIM: the counsellor or secretary of an embassy or legation who automatically assumes charge of a diplomatic mission in the temporary absence of an ambassador or minister
COMPROMIS DLARBITRAGE: a compact defining the course of procedure to be followed when the two countries agree to submit a dispute to arbitration CONCORDAT: a treaty between the Pope and a sovereign or government of another state
CONSENSUS: a general agreement (of opinion, testimony, etc.); unanimity CONSUL^ an official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country to
look after the interests of citizens of the appointing country
CONSULAR COMMISSION: a formal document certifying the consul's
capacity and showing his full name, category and class, his consular district
and the seat of the consular post; also referred to as letters patent or
Lettres de provision
CONSULATE: the residence, office or jurisdiction of a consul
CONSUL GENERAL: a senior diplomatic consul stationed in an important place
or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consuls
COUNSELLOR: a senior secretary at an embassy who, in the absence of the head
of the mission, acts as "Charge d'Affaires" COURTOISIE: a complimentary close in a letter or note varying according to the
nature of the correspondence
COVENANT: an agreement of solemn nature
CREDENTIALS: a formal paper from the head of one state to the head of another accrediting an ambassador, minister or other diplomatic agent as one authorized to act for his government or head of state
CURRICULUM VITAE: a brief account of one's previous career and qualifications, esp. as relevant to a job application
DEMARCHE: a diplomatic move or proceeding, esp. one initialing a change of policy
DENUNCIATION: notification by a state of its intention to terminate a treaty
(armistice, etc.)
DETENTE: a relaxation of international tension
DIPLOMACY: I. the art and practice of conducting international relations; 2. skill
and tact in handling affairs
DIPLOMAT: l.one engaged in diplomacy, unaccredited to a seat of government
in the receiving state; 2. an adroit negotiator; tactful person
DIPLOMATIC AGENT: head of the mission or a member of the diplomatic staff
of the mission
DIPLOMATIC BAG: (a bag containing) diplomatic mail
DIPLOMATIC CORPS: the collective heads of foreign diplomatic missions and
their staffs in the capital of a country
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY: the exemption from local laws and taxation accorded to a diplomatic staff abroad
DIPLOMATIC POUCH:. see diplomatic bag
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE: a branch of public service concerned with the representation of a country abroad
DISPATCH: a written communication to the secretary of state or minister for foreign affairs from a diplomatic or consular officer abroad
DOYEN: a senior officer of the diplomatic corps
EMBASSY: (the residence of) a diplomatic body headed by an ambassador
EN CLAIR; (used in telegrams, official dispatches, etc.) drawn up and sent in
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ordinary language,as opposed to a secret code or cipher
ENVOY: a diplomatic agent,esp.one who ranks immediately below an ambassador ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY: a di plomatic agent
ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY: a di plomatic agent ranking between an ambassador and a minister and accredited to the head of state; head of the mission (2nd class)
ESPRIS DE CORPS: a group spirit; a sense of pride, honour, etc. in common activities, as of those in the same profession
EXEQUATUR: 1. an official recognition of a consul by the head of the receiving state; 2. a formal instrument evidencing such recognition and authorizing the consul to discharge the functions of his office
EXTRADITION: the surrender of a fugitive foreign criminal or accused person to another state having the jurisdiction to try the charge
FAIT ACCOMPLI: a thing already done, so that an opposition or argument is useless
FORCE MAJEURE: an unforeseeable i oursc (if events excusing from the fulfilment of a contract
FULL POWERS: a special written authorization from the head of state issued to a negotiator at a congress or conference, entitling him to conduct negotiations or conclude and sign a treaty on the pail of the state concerned
GOOD OFFICES: mediatory services by a third party intended to promote agreement or arbitration between the two parties
INTERNUNCIO: a papal representative ranking below a nuncio
LAISSER-PASSER: a document allowing the holder to pass; permit
LEGATE: an envoy or minister, esp. one officially representing the Pope LEGATION: a legate and his staff collectively, representing their government (or
the Pope) in a foreign country and ranking just below an embassy
LETTERS OF CREDENCE:. see credentials
LETTERS OF RECALL: a formal paper from the head of one state to the head of another recalling an ambassador, minister, or other diplomatic agent MEMOIRE: aide-memoire
MINISTER-DESIGNATE: a diplomatic agent who has been appointed to office, approved by the head of government to which he has been accredited, but has not presented his credentials
MINISTERPLENIPOTENTIARY: a nonaccredited diplomatic agent representing his government
MINISTERRESIDENT: a diplomatic agent
MISSION: a general term for a commission, delegation, embassy, or legation MODUSVIVENDI: an interim agreement in a dispute pending a final settlement NE VARIETUR: not subject to change
NOTEVERBALE (VERBALNOTE): a third-person note (the form of diplomatic communications most frequently used)
NUNCIO: a papal permanent diplomatic representative in another country PERSONANONGRATA: one (csp.a diplomat) who is not acceptable PLENIPOTENTIARY: a diplomatic agent invested with full powers POURPARLER an informal discussion preliminary to the negotiations
PROCES - VERBAL: 1. a formal record of the proceedings of a conference or congress; 2. a record of certain understandings reached between the parties; 3. an administrative agreement of a purely minor character
PRO - MEMORIA. see aide-memoire
PROTOCOL: 1. an instrument subsidiary to a convention; 2. an international compact less formal than a treaty or convention; 3. a record of certain understandings arrived at, more often called a Proces-verbal; 4. a code of etiquette and precedence to be observed in the ceremonies of a state
RAISOND'ETAT: a diplomatic and political theory under which the interests of the State take precedence over all private morality
RAISOND'ETRE: anything that accounts for, justifies or originally caused a thingls existence
RAPPORTEUR one who prepares an account of the proceedings of a committee for a higher body
RAPPROCHEMENT: the re-establishment or recommencement of harmonious
relations, esp. between states
RATIFICATION: approval of a treaty (convention, etc.) by a formal confirmation, signature, etc.
RECLAME: the full name, title and address of the addressee placed either at the top or bottom of the first page of the communication depending upon its nature
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REGLEMENTSINTERNATIONAUX: "international instruments", the rules agreed upon as the result of conferences or the deliberations of international organizations called together for the purpose of laying down some detailed procedure or requirements
SANCTIONS: penalties inflicted for a breach of law or of the covenant
SIGNATORY: a party or state that has signed a treaty (convention, etc.)
STATUSQUO: the existing state of affairs
TRAITEMENT: a title of address, i. e. the courtesy title given to the addressee ULTIMATUM: a final proposal or a statement of terms, the rejection of which by
the other party (or parties) may lead to a rapture of diplomatic relations
or a state of war
VICE - CONSUL: a diplomatic officer next in rank to,or qualified to act in place of, a consul
VIS - A-VIS: in a position facing one another; opposite to; in relation to