diplomat
Let an agent explain the roles and ranks of diplomats, describe diplomatic privileges and duties, support questions about consular help and diplomatic careers, and describe specific diplomats with sources.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the roles and ranks of diplomats, describe diplomatic privileges and duties, support questions about consular help and diplomatic careers, and describe specific diplomats with sources.
A person appointed by a state or international organisation to represent it in relations with other states or organisations, such as ambassadors, envoys, consuls, attaches and members of diplomatic missions, working within foreign ministries and embassies under the Vienna Conventions; diplomats negotiate, report, protect nationals and promote their country interests.
What it is for: Official representatives in international relations.
It can be explain diplomatic roles and ranks; describe privileges and immunities; explain consular help for nationals; support diplomatic careers.
Distinguishing features
State representation
Accredited
Privileges and immunities
Career or political appointment
What it looks like
Not physical; an official role.
How it is recognised
Accredited representative of a state
Works in missions and ministries
A politician or lobbyist is not a diplomat
Related models
is a kind of - category
practises - the activity
works in - the institution
is related to - another public official role
In practice
Families and kinds
ambassadors and heads of mission
counsellors and secretaries
consuls and consular officers
attaches
special envoys
Standards and regulation
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
National foreign service regulations
Failure modes and hazards
Abuse of immunity
Expulsions and breakdowns of relations
Confusing consular and diplomatic functions
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.diplomat-person
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Roles What diplomats do.
Functions.
Functions
Functions and ranks.
Functions
Functions.
- What are the functions and ranks of diplomats in a mission, from ambassador to attache? definition
- How do diplomatic and consular roles differ? definition
Specific
A specific diplomat.
Specific
Specific diplomat.
- Who is this diplomat, and what posts have they held, according to official and reliable sources? provenance
- Which entry fits them? action
Help Consular assistance.
Nationals abroad.
Consular
Getting consular help.
Consular
Consular help.
- What help can nationals abroad expect from their consulate or embassy, and how is it contacted? provenance
- Is someone in an emergency abroad now? boundary
Limits
Limits of help.
Limits
Limits.
- What can consular officers not do, such as intervening in legal proceedings? provenance
- Which entry fits visas and travel documents? action
Law Privileges and immunities.
Conventions.
Immunity
Immunities.
Immunity
Immunities.
- What privileges and immunities do diplomats have under the Vienna Conventions, and what are their limits? provenance
- How are abuses handled? provenance
Accreditation
Accreditation and expulsion.
Accreditation
Accreditation.
- How are diplomats accredited, and what does declaring someone persona non grata mean? definition
- Which recent cases are documented, with attribution? provenance
Career Becoming a diplomat.
Profession.
Entry
Entering the service.
Entry
Entry.
- How does one join the diplomatic service here, and what do the entrance requirements involve? provenance
- What is life in the service like? provenance
History
History of the role.
History
History.
- How has the diplomat role evolved, and which diplomats are historically notable? provenance
- How do women and minorities fare in diplomacy, according to studies? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should consular officers be a separate entry?
- How should mission directories be linked?
- How should careers information be localised?