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A consulate or consulate general is generally a representative of the embassy in locales outside of the capital city. [10] For instance, the Philippines has its embassy to the United States in the latter's capital, Washington, D.C., but also maintains seven consulates-general in major US cities. The person in charge of a consulate or consulate ...
Consulate-General of Indonesia in Houston is Indonesia's representation in Houston, Texas, United States Consulate of Kazakhstan in Omsk, Russia The office of a consul is a consulate and is usually subordinate to the state's main representation in the capital of that foreign country (host state), usually an embassy or – between Commonwealth ...
In the United States, for example, embassies are located in Washington D.C. and most countries have a consulate-general in New York City (the site of the headquarters of the United Nations), and some have consulates-general in several major cities, such as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, or San Francisco. Many ...
Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations.A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details, such as the order of precedence at official processions, table seatings at state dinners, the person to whom diplomatic credentials should be presented, and the title by which the diplomat should be addressed.
Lucile Atcherson Curtis was the first woman in what became the U.S. Foreign Service. [13] Specifically, she was the first woman appointed as a United States Diplomatic Officer or Consular Officer, in 1923 (the U.S. did not establish the unified Foreign Service until 1924, at which time diplomatic and consular Officers became Foreign Service officers).
A terrorist attack on the United States Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, occurred in August 1998. [20] A truck was blown up in the premises, killing approximately 200 people and injuring another 5000 people. [21] Following the attacks, there were debates on who was to blame for the occurrence of the attack, with many Kenyans suing the US. [20]
Ambassador resident in Mauritius. AmEmbassy Victoria was closed in 1996, but a U.S. consular agent remains in Victoria. Sierra Leone Freetown (E) All of Sierra Leone Somalia Nairobi (E) Embassy Mogadishu was reopened in 2018 but consular services continue to be provided by Embassy Nairobi South Africa Pretoria (E) Covered by Johannesburg
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).