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The diplomatic corps (French: corps diplomatique) is the collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body.
The diplomatic corps may, in certain contexts, refer to the collection of accreditedheads of mission (ambassadors, high commissioners, and others) who represent their countries in another state or country. As a body, they usually only assemble to attend state functions like a coronation, inauguration, national day or State Opening of Parliament, depending on local custom. They may also assemble in the royal or presidential palace to give their own head of state's New Year greeting to the head of state of the country in which they are based.
The term is sometimes confused with the collective body of diplomats from a particular country—the proper term for which is diplomatic service. The diplomatic corps is not always given any formal recognition by its host country, but can be referenced by official orders of precedence.
In many countries, and especially in Africa, the heads and the foreign members of the country offices of major international organizations (United Nations agencies, the European Union, the International Committee of the Red Cross, agencies of the African Union, etc.) are considered members—and granted the rights and privileges—of the diplomatic corps.
Diplomatic vehicles in most countries have distinctive diplomatic license plates, often with the prefix or suffix CD, the abbreviation for the French corps diplomatique.
Dean of the diplomatic corps[edit]
In most countries, the longest-serving ambassador to a country is given the title Dean of the Diplomatic Corps (French: Doyen du Corps Diplomatique). The dean is often accorded a high position in the order of precedence. In New Zealand, for example, the dean takes precedence over figures such as the deputy prime minister and former governors-general.[1]
In many countries that have Roman Catholicism as the official or dominant religion, the apostolic nuncio (the diplomatic representative of the Holy See) serves as Dean by virtue of his office, regardless of seniority;[2] in other cases, the nuncio is treated as an ordinary ambassador of the Holy See and has no special precedence. The Congress of Vienna and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations provided that any country may choose to give nuncios a different precedence than other ambassadors.[3]
The diplomatic corps may also cooperate amongst itself on a number of matters, including certain dealings with the host government. In practical terms, the dean of the diplomatic corps may have a role to play in negotiating with local authorities regarding the application of aspects of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and diplomatic immunity, such as the payment of certain fees or taxes, since the receiving country is required 'not to discriminate between states'. In this sense, the dean has the role of representing the entire diplomatic corps for matters that affect the corps as a whole, although this function is rarely formalized.
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Estonian registration plate in EU standard format with international code ESTThe country in which a 's was issued may be indicated by an international licence plate country code, formerly known as an International Registration Letter or International Circulation Mark. It is referred to as the Distinguishing sign of the State of registration in the of 1949 and the of 1968.The allocation of codes is maintained by the as the Distinguishing Signs Used on Vehicles in International Traffic (sometimes abbreviated to DSIT), authorised by the UN's Geneva Convention on Road Traffic and the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. Many vehicle codes created since the adoption of coincide with ISO two- or three-letter codes.
The 2004 South-East Asian Agreement. For the Facilitation of Cross-Border Transport of Goods and People uses a mixture of ISO and DSIT codes: Myanmar uses MYA, China CHN, and Cambodia KH (ISO codes), Thailand uses T (DSIT code), Laos LAO, and Vietnam VN (coincident ISO and DSIT codes).The Geneva Convention on Road Traffic entered into force on 26 March 1952. One of the main benefits of the convention for motorists is the obligation on signatory countries to recognize the legality of vehicles from other signatory countries. When driving in other signatory countries, the distinguishing sign of the country of registration must be displayed on the rear of the vehicle. This sign must be placed separately from the registration plate and may not be incorporated into the vehicle registration plate.Since the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic entered into force on 21 May 1977, in signatory countries it replaces previous road traffic conventions, including the, in accordance with its Article 48.
According to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, the distinguishing sign of the country of registration must be displayed on the rear of the vehicle. The sign may either be placed separately from the registration plate as a white oval plate or sticker, or be incorporated in the.
When the distinguishing sign is incorporated in the registration plate, it must also appear on the front registration plate of the vehicle.The requirement to display a separate distinguishing sign is not necessary within the, for vehicles with license plates in, which satisfy the requirements of the Vienna Convention, and so are also valid in non-EU countries signatory to that convention. Separate signs are also not needed for Canada, Mexico and the United States, where the province, state or district of registration is usually embossed or surface-printed on the vehicle registration plate. The unofficial code for Brittany, Bzh NoteThere are unofficial codes in common use, such as 'AS' for, 'CAT' for, 'CYM' for, 'BZH' for, 'VL' for, 'V' for /, 'TS' for,'PR' for, 'SIC' for (from Latin Terra Siculorum) and 'CD' for 'Corps Diplomatique'. Some of these, such as 'VL' which is used by, are technically illegal under their countries' laws.In addition, in some areas, vehicle-style stickers have been used to denote and promote other entities, such as towns, islands, businesses, and even associations. These irregular stickers almost always bear an explanation of the code in small print near the edge of the sticker, as the codes used are so unknown.Diplomatic licence plate codes A separate system is used for vehicles belonging to the diplomats of foreign countries with license plate from the host country.
That system is host country-specific and varies largely from country to country. For example TR on a diplomatic car in the USA indicates Italian, not Turkish. Such markings in Norway are indicated with numbers only, again different from international standards (e.g.
90 means Slovakian).References. See Georgano, G. And Andersen, Thorkil Ry; The New encyclopedia of motorcars, 1885 to the present; p. 18. See Harding, Anthony and Bird, Anthony; Guinness Book of Car Facts and Feats: A Record of Everyday Motoring and Automotive Achievements; p. 243.
United Nations, 15 February 2007. Auto Driver Club.
NYS ZONE INC. Retrieved 2016-11-24. Auto Driver Club. NYS ZONE INC. Retrieved 2016-11-24. (PDF). Agreement between and among the Governments of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Union of Myanmar, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the Facilitation of Cross-Border Transport of Goods and People.
Archived from (PDF) on March 4, 2012. Council of the European Union. 3 November 1998.
See articleFurther reading. 'RPW': Neil Parker and John Weeks, Registration Plates of the World, Europlate; 4th edition (2004)External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to., UN/SCETDG/33/INF.5 (table compares ISO 3166 and DSIT codes). (data mostly from RPW, above).
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