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Cable
A written report exchanged between diplomatic missions, such as a consulate or an embassy, and the State Department
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Chancery
The office space where the Chief of Mission and his staff work. This office is sometimes called the embassy, but, technically, the embassy refers to the diplomatic delegation itself.
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Chargé d'affaires
Formerly, a chargé d'affaires was the title of a chief of mission, inferior in rank to an ambassador or a minister. It is still used as the title of the head of a US mission where the US and other nation do not have full diplomatic relations. Today with the a.i. (ad interim) added, it designates the senior officer taking charge for the interval when a chief of mission is absent from his/her post or the position is vacant.
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Chief of Mission
Usually called an ambassador, this is the ranking officer in an embassy or permanent mission and the personal representative of the head of state of his/her nation.
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Practices
Child Marriage
The protection of human rights was a fundamental principle in the creation of the United States over 200 years ago. Since then, promoting respect for…
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People
Clifton R. Wharton, Sr.
Death April 25, 1990 Recognition/Achievement First African American Foreign Service Officer to become an Ambassador Role/Rank Ambassador Biography Clifton Wharton earned a master of law…
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Practices
Climate Change
The United States Special Envoy for Climate Change reports directly to the Secretary of State. As the administration’s chief climate negotiator, the special envoy plays a central role in…
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Colonization
The act of one country settling and establishing control of another country, typically a distant one, and then occupied by settlers from that country
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Communiqué
A brief public summary statement issued following important bilateral or multilateral meetings.
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Conciliation
An effort to achieve agreement and, it is hoped, increased goodwill between two opposed parties.
