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  2. Diplomatic rank - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Foreign relations of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States has formal diplomatic relations with most nations. This includes all United Nations members and observer states other than Bhutan, Iran, North Korea and Syria, and the UN observer Territory of Palestine. Additionally, the U.S. has diplomatic relations with Kosovo and the European Union. The United States federal statutes ...

  4. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - Wikipedia

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    The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 is an international treaty that defines a framework for diplomatic relations between independent countries. [2] Its aim is to facilitate "the development of friendly relations" among governments through a uniform set of practices and principles; [3] most notably, it codifies the longstanding custom of diplomatic immunity, in which ...

  5. Diplomacy - Wikipedia

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    Modern diplomatic methods, practices, and principles originated largely from 17th-century European customs. Beginning in the early 20th century, diplomacy became professionalized; the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, ratified by most of the world's sovereign states, provides a framework for diplomatic procedures, methods, and ...

  6. International relations - Wikipedia

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    Terminology. Depending on the academic institution, international relations or international affairs is either a subdiscipline of political science or a broader multidisciplinary field encompassing global politics, law, economics or world history. As a subdiscipline of political science, the focus of IR studies lies on political, diplomatic and ...

  7. Diplomatic recognition - Wikipedia

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    Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral declarative political act of a state that acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state (may be also a recognized state). Recognition can be accorded either on a de facto or de jure basis. Partial recognition can occur if many sovereign states ...

  8. Diplomatic immunity - Wikipedia

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    Diplomatic immunity. Diplomatic immunity is a principle of international law by which certain foreign government officials are recognized as having legal immunity from the jurisdiction of another country. [1][2] It allows diplomats safe passage and freedom of travel in a host country and affords almost total protection from local lawsuits and ...

  9. Foreign relations of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Foreign relations of Vietnam. Foreign ministry in Hanoi. As of June 2024, Vietnam (officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) maintains diplomatic relationships with 190 UN member states, State of Palestine and Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. [1] In 2011 the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, at the 11th National Congress ...