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The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, [a] and commonly known as the Order of Malta or the Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature. [4]
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is a sovereign entity of international law that does not have its own territory. It is a permanent non-state observer to the United Nations. It maintains diplomatic relations with over 100 countries. [1] Some of these are hosts of Order of Malta Embassies. The Order's non-diplomatic country Associations and ...
The Order of Malta is a sovereign entity of international law that does not have its own territory. It is a permanent non-state observer to the United Nations.It maintains diplomatic relations with over 100 countries. [1]
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Malta. Malta , being a microstate has a small, albeit gradually-growing diplomatic network. Honorary consulates and trade missions are excluded from this listing.
The Order has non-diplomatic official relations with five more states: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Canada and the United Kingdom. [1] [3] [4] The Order exchanges ambassadors with the European Union and the State of Palestine. [1] [2] Embassy of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in Ljubljana, Slovenia
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The Grand Hospitaller coordinates the Order's humanitarian and charitable activities. The Receiver of the Common Treasure directs the administration of the finances and property of the Order. All members of the Sovereign Council, other than the Grand Master, have the honorific address His Excellency (abbreviated H.E.; S.E. in Italian).
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is a sovereign subject of international law that maintains diplomatic relations with a majority of sovereign states. [1] It has over 13,000 members as of 2023. [2] The Order's three principal officers are counted as citizens, with other members retaining their existing citizenship. [3]