Diplomatic handbook

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DIPLOMATIC HANDBOOK

 

    Seventh Edition

 

 

 

 

         R. G. Feltham

Sometime Sub-Warden of Queen Elizabeth House and Founder-Director and

Senior Tutor. Oxford University Foreign Service Programme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONGMAN

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First published 1970

Second edition 1977

Third edition 1980

Fourth edition 1982

Fifth edition 1988

Sixth edition 1993

Seventh edition 1998

 

ISBN 0 582 31716 9 Paper

 

British Library Cataloguing-ill-Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is

available from the British Library

 

Library of Congress Cataloging-ill-Publication Data

Feltham, R. G. (Ralph George)

Diplomatic handbook / R. G. Feltham. - 7th ed.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-582-31716-9

    1. Diplomatic and consular service. 2. Diplomacy. 3. Diplomats –

          Handbooks, manuals, etc.  1. Title.

         JZ1405.F45 1998

341.3'3 - dc21          97-43901

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Set by 35 in 10/1 lpt Times

Produced through Longman Malaysia, PJB

 

 

CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preface                viii 

 

Acknowledgements               ix

 

 

Chapter I           

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS             10

 

Introduction                 10

The establishment of diplomatic relations and of permanent

    diplomatic missions               11

The conduct of diplomatic relations in the absence of a full

     diplomatic mission or when diplomatic relations have

      been severed                15

 

Chapter 2

THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS         16

 

Organisation and functions            16

Relations with its own missions           17

Relations with foreign missions           18

Relations with the Diplomatic Corps           18

 

Chapter 3

THE DIPLOMATIC MISSION            19

 

General observations and definitions          19

The head of mission              20

Administration and coordination           20

Commercial and economics section          21

Consular section               22

Press and information section             22

 

            
Contents

 

Service and specialist attachés           23

Absence or indisposition of a head of mission       23

Appointments, arrivals and departures         24

The diplomat               26

 

 

Chapter 4   

PROTOCOL AND PROCEDURE          28

 

Orders of precedence              28

The Diplomatic List             29

Correspondence and communication between diplomatic

missions and the host government       30

Demonstrations              32

Flags                 32

Dress                 33

State ceremonies              33

Official mourning              34

 

 

Chapter 5

DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES      36

 

Privileges and immunities in respect of the mission and     

its functions               36

Personal privileges and immunities          38

Full privileges and immunities           39

Limited privileges and immunities          42

 

 

Chapter 6

CONSULAR OFFICERS AND CONSULAR POSTS     44

 

The establishment of consular posts         44

Consular functions             44

Consular officers, consular employees and members of the

service staff               45

The appointment of consular officers         46

Severance of consular relations          46

Privileges, facilities and immunities         46

Career consular officers and posts headed by them      47

Honorary consular officers and posts headed by them     50

 

 

Chapter 7

THE UNITED NATIONS            52

 

Purposes and principles            52

The United Nations Charter            53

 

 

 

 

   

Contents

 

The General Assembly             54

The Security Council               56

The Economic and Social Council           56

The Trusteeship Council             57

The International Court of Justice           58

The Secretary-General and the Secretariat          58

UN peace-keeping operations            59

Intergovernmental agencies related to the United Nations

(including Specialised Agencies)           59

Subsidiary organisations              67

 

 

Chapter 8

 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND

AGREEMENTS OUTSIDE THE UNITED NATIONS       71

 

Arab League/The League of Arab States         71

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation          71

Association of South-East Asian Nations         72

Bank for International Settlements           73

Black Sea Economic Cooperation           73

Caribbean regional organisations           73

Central American Common Market          74

Central European Initiative             74

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa       74

The Commonwealth               75

The Commonwealth of Independent States         75

Council of Europe                                 76

Economic Cooperation Organisation                            76

European Free Trade Association/European Economic Area                 76

European Union                                                        77

Gulf Cooperation Council                                79

Indian Ocean Association for Regional Cooperation                         80

Islamic Conference Organisation                                         80

Latin American economic organisations                                 80

Maghreb Arab Union                                                         81

North American Free Trade Agreement                                  81

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation                                          82

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development                   84

Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe                    84

Organisation of African Unity                                                 85

Organisation of American States                                          85

Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries                          86

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation                          86

South Pacific regional organisations                                    86

Southern African Development Community                             87

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

 

Visegrád group                  87

West African inter-governmental economic groupings         87

Western European Union               88

World Trade Organisation                89

 

 

Chapter 9

 

 INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PRACTICE           90

 

Definition and general principles              90

Treaties and treaty-making                91

Political asylum and the extradition of criminals          95

Recognition of states and governments             97

The extent of state sovereignty and jurisdiction           98

Nationality                  100

 

 

Chapter 10 

 

CONFERENCES               101

 

Conference practice and procedure           102

Conference management             105

Conference diplomacy              106

 

 

Chapter 11

 

 THE DIPLOMAT AND THE MEDIA          108

 

The television interview             110

 

 

Appendix A

ENTERTAINING               114

 

Offering hospitality              114

Accepting hospitality              118

Saying 'Thank you'              119

Introducing people              119

Visiting cards                120

Wines and liqueurs              120

Non-alcoholic drinks              123

 

 

Appendix B

INTERNATIONAL ABBREVIATIONS         124

 

 

Appendix C

ISLAMIC FESTIVALS             130

 

Contents

 

 

Appendix D

THE ENVIRONMENT             131

 

1. The ozone layer              131

2. Global warming and the greenhouse effect        132

3. Biodiversity                132

4. The preservation of forests             132

 

 

Appendix E

GLOSSARY OF DIPLOMATIC, CONSULAR, LEGAL

AND ECONOMIC TERMS            133

 

 

Appendix F

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION          140

 

 

Index                 141

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFACE

 

 

 

 

 

 

The aim of this book is to provide a concise but comprehensive source of relevant information for those who are embarking on an international and, particularly, a diplomatic career.

It has been revised with the assistance of diplomats from many countries and members of international organisations, to all of whom I am deeply indebted for their unfailing courtesy and assistance.

I would like to express my particular appreciation to Professor Stanley Martin CVO, JP Sir Robin Foam KCMG, Ambassador Ahmed Fuzi Director-General, Malaysian Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Ambassador Paul Leifer Director, Diplomatic Academy Vienna, Dr Wilhelm Schintler and Dr Klaus Krüger of the Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung, Drs Henriette Feltham, Jean and Laura Gingras, and Alison Nicol administrator of the Oxford University Foreign Service Programme; and above all to those diplomats whom I have had the privilege of teaching over the past thirty years: they have provided inspiration, enthusiasm and good fellowship, and I am the richer for their company.

I would also like to take this opportunity to point out that the word 'diplomat' in the English language can have either a masculine or feminine connotation, and if at any point in the text it is followed by the masculine personal pronoun it is solely to avoi d the tedium of 'he or she': it is not intended to have any other significance.

 

 

 

Rome          R.G.F.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

We are indebted to the following for permission to reproduce copyright material:

 

Council of Europe for various extracts from The European Extradition Convention by the Council of Europe; the author for an appendix from Dictionary of Economic Terms by A. Gilpin; the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office for extracts from Treaty Series Command Papers and A. W. Sijthoff International Publishing Co. for an extract from Conference Diplomacy by J. Kaufmann.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter I

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

 

INTRODUCTION

 

 

It is an exhilarating and at the same time disturbing experience to be living through a period of change unparalleled in recorded history: a transitional stage in the social, political and economic evolution of states and their relations with each other. There is no problem in recognising a revolution when the guns are going off in the streets and the politicians are hanging from the lamp posts, but there is a danger in failing to grasp the extent of the revolution that has overtaken us and of failing to adjust our attitudes, responses and policies accordingly. It could be said that we are witnessing not so much an earthquake of history - a sudden shock followed by tremors and then a return to normality - as an avalanche of history that develops its own momentum and moves inexorably on, sweeping away everything in its path. There are, in fact, three major revolutions of a structural nature that have broken out virtually - in historical perspective - simultaneously.

The revolution that has produced the most immediate and extensive impact has been a political one: the collapse of the Soviet Empire which has resulted in the end of a period of potential nuclear war on a global scale; the end of a period of military alliances and military imperatives when diplomats, through no fault of their own, had little opportunity to act effectively; the break-up of Europe's last major conglomerate state and the recognition that a sense of national identity is an inherent human need and a factor essential for social stability; the end of totalitarian rule in Europe and the loss of legitimacy and support for similar systems elsewhere; the end of the two-power world order; the creation of new alliances between states, and the search for a New World Order.

The revolution that is gradually becoming self-evident to the popular mind is the economic one. It is beginning to materialise because of its impact on employment, economic migrations and an increasing lack of responsibility as between international management and national employees. The globalisation of the factors of production has resulted in the reduction of barriers to trade; the creation of a global capital market and the globalisation of entrepreneurship. The chip-based industrial revolution has reorientated and in many instances reduced employment opportunities; the belief in economic socialism and the corporate state has largely disappeared; and preferential trading blocs are being established with little thought for their economic validity or eventual social consequences.

And finally, there is the communications revolution which has created a global society. It has helped to internationalise science and business and, through the medium of television, has created a global sense of political awareness; and since the pen - in the long run - is mightier than the sword, it may well prove to be the most profound of the structural revolutions.

In addition there are several major factors contributing to the instability and uncertainty of the present transitional phase of which the most important are: the sudden economic liberation of the Chinese people - one-fifth of the world’s population with a strong sense of national identity which provides the basis for a positive foreign policy; the process of unification of the states of Western Europe - a government-led experiment in social engineering which is only now becoming democratic and pan-European; the rise of popular militancy and terrorism; the potentially adverse relationship between the world's resources and the world’s population; the threats to the global environment; the ease and speed of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; and the apparent incompatibility of peoples with irreconcilable values.

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