An ambassador is an official envoy,especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment. The word is also used informally for people who are known,without national appointment,to represent certain professions,activities,and fields of endeavor,such as sales.
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.
Maleeha Lodhi is a Pakistani diplomat,political scientist,and a former Pakistan's Representative to the United Nations. She was the first woman to hold the position. Previously,she served as Pakistan's envoy to the Court of St James' and twice as its ambassador to the United States.
Ashraf Jehangir Qazi is a Pakistani diplomat who has held several national and international appointments,including serving with the United Nations.
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title,title of authority,legal status and job description assigned to those goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. UNHCR goodwill ambassadors are celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) who use their talent and fame to advocate for refugees.
Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro is a Tanzanian politician and diplomat who was the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2012. She was appointed as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa on 13 July 2012.
In the Commonwealth of Nations,a high commissioner is the senior diplomat,generally ranking as an ambassador,in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another. Instead of an embassy,the diplomatic mission is generally called a high commission.
Pakistan–United Kingdom relations refer to the bilateral ties between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Both countries are members of the Commonwealth of Nations,and the United Kingdom is home to a large Pakistani diaspora population. Until 1956,Pakistan was nominally part of the British Empire as a post-independence federal dominion in the aftermath of the partition of British India in 1947.
The relationship between the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland spans from the 19th century to the present day. Although the Republic of Korea gives 18 January 1949 as the date of the establishment of formal relations with the United Kingdom,diplomatic ties go back to 1883. British military participation in the Korean War during the 1950s was significant,but relations between the two countries at the time were described as "tenuous",with relatively little known about each other. Commercial and trade relationships grew rapidly during the 1970s. During the Asian Financial Crisis in the late 1990s,Queen Elizabeth II made a state visit to South Korea,which was well received at a time of crisis in the country. Today,there are strong economic and diplomatic links between the two countries.
The Foreign Service of Pakistan is part of the Central Superior Services of Pakistan. It was formally created in October 1952,after having been an improvised organization since the creation and independence of Pakistan in 1947. Its old name was Foreign Service of India working within the Indian Civil Service before 1947. After 1947,its recruitment and hiring of employees is done through the larger organization Civil Service of Pakistan. Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan was a Pakistani jurist and diplomat who served as the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan. After serving as foreign minister he continued his international career and is the only Pakistani to preside over the International Court of Justice. He also served as the President of the UN General Assembly. He is the only person to date to serve as the President of both UN General Assembly and the International Court of Justice.
The list below includes lists of ambassadors and high commissioners of the United Kingdom.
Timothy Colin Morris is a British diplomat who has served as ambassador to Morocco,Mauritania,and South Sudan.
Mark Peter Fletcher is a British politician serving as the member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover since 2019. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Saida Muna Tasneem is a Bangladeshi diplomat who has served as High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the United Kingdom with concurrent accreditation to Ireland and Liberia since November 2018. She also serves as Bangladesh's Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). She was formerly the High Commissioner to Thailand and Cambodia and Bangladesh's representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
The British High Commission in Islamabad is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Pakistan. It is located in the Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad. The current British High Commissioner to Pakistan is Christian Turner,and the Deputy High Commissioner is Alison Blackburne. The UK also has a Deputy High Commission in Karachi and a Trade and Investment Office in Lahore.
