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. It allows diplomats safe passage and freedom of travel in a host country and affords almost total protection from local lawsuits and prosecution.
Tanzania's first president,Julius Nyerere also was one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement,and,during the Cold War era,Tanzania played an important role in regional and international organisations,such as the Non-Aligned Movement,the front-line states,the G-77,and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). One of Africa's best-known elder statesmen,Nyerere was personally active in many of these organisations,and served chairman of the OAU (1984–85) and chairman of six front-line states concerned with eliminating apartheid in Southern Africa. Nyerere was also involved with peace negotiations in Burundi until his death. Nyerere's death,on 14 October 1999,is still commemorated annually.
A letter of credence is a formal diplomatic letter that designates a diplomat as ambassador to another sovereign state. Commonly known as diplomatic credentials,the letter is addressed from one head of state to another,asking them to give credence to the ambassador's claim of speaking for their country. The letter is presented personally by the ambassador-designate to the receiving head of state in a formal ceremony,marking the beginning of the ambassadorship.
The United States Foreign Service is the primary personnel system used by the diplomatic service of the United States federal government,under the aegis of the United States Department of State. It consists of over 13,000 professionals carrying out the foreign policy of the United States and aiding U.S. citizens abroad. Its current director general is Marcia Bernicat.
Jeffrey S. Davidow is a career foreign service officer from the U.S. state of Virginia. Davidow has served as a member of the Senior Foreign Service,as well as having been the U.S. Ambassador to Zambia,Venezuela,and Mexico.
A Foreign Service officer (FSO) is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. FSOs formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. They spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies,consulates,and other diplomatic missions,though some receive assignments to serve at combatant commands,Congress,and educational institutions such as the various U.S. service academies.
James William Spain was an American diplomat in the US Foreign Service with postings in Karachi,Islamabad,Istanbul,Ankara,Dar Es Salaam,and Colombo and four ambassadorships in Tanzania,Turkey,the United Nations,and Sri Lanka.
William Caldwell Harrop is an American diplomat. Harrop served for 39 years as a Foreign Service Officer,with postings as United States ambassador to Guinea,Kenya and the Seychelles,the Congo (Kinshasa),and Israel.
Selden Chapin was a career foreign service officer and United States diplomat.
The Delegation of the European Union to the United States represents the European Union in the United States,working in coordination with the diplomatic and consular missions of all the EU Member States. It is located at 2175 K Street,N.W.,in the West End neighborhood of Washington,D.C.
Timothy Michael Carney is a retired American diplomat and consultant. Carney served as a career Foreign Service Officer for 32 years,with assignments that included Vietnam and Cambodia as well as Lesotho and South Africa before being appointed as ambassador to Sudan and later in Haiti. Carney served with a number of U.N. Peacekeeping Missions,and until recently led the Haiti Democracy Project,an initiative launched under the presidency of George W. Bush to build stronger institutional foundations for the country's long-term relationship with the United States.
The Senior Foreign Service (SFS) comprises the top four ranks of the United States Foreign Service. These ranks were created by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and Executive Order 12293 in order to provide the Foreign Service with senior grades equivalent to general and flag ranks in the military and naval establishments,respectively,and to grades in the Senior Executive Service. Like military ranks and other Foreign Service ranks,the Senior Foreign Service grade system assigns rank in person,not rank in position.
The Embassy of the United States of America in Tehran was the American diplomatic mission in the Imperial State of Iran. Direct bilateral diplomatic relations between the two governments were severed following the Iranian Revolution in 1979,and the subsequent seizure of the embassy in November 1979.
David H. Shinn is an American diplomat and professor. He is an Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. His diverse career in the foreign service of the United States has included ambassadorships to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. Shinn is also a frequent commentator in the news media on political issues,and has provided consultancy to the U.S. government on Horn of Africa related matters as well as Sino-African relations.
Haiti was one of the original members of the League of Nations,and was one of the original members of the United Nations and several of its specialized and related agencies. It is also a founding member of the Organization of American States. Haiti also has diplomatic relations with the Republic of China,commonly known as Taiwan,instead of the People's Republic of China. Taiwan is one of Haiti's major trading partners and the two countries maintain very friendly relations. Haiti has also re-established very warm relations with Cuba in which a major act of bilateral cooperation has resulted in Cuba's large contribution of doctors to the country. The Haitian government has publicly shown admiration to Fidel Castro and his administration.
Noah Bryson Mamet is an American diplomat and businessman who served as the United States Ambassador to Argentina under U.S. President Barack Obama,serving from 2015 to 2017.
W. Patrick Murphy is a career U.S. diplomat. A Senior Foreign Service Officer,he served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2018 to 2019,fulfilling the duties of Acting Assistant Secretary,and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia and Multilateral Affairs,2016–2018. He previously served as Chargéd'affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission in the Kingdoms of Thailand and Lesotho. He was nominated on January 16,2019 to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
