| Winter 2008| Protocol Home Page | Other Publications | Diplomatic List Index Below is the HTML version of the Winter 2008 Diplomatic List. A PDF version is also available. Quick links to countries in alphabetical order:
Also see Interest Sections, National Holidays, Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials, and Web Site and E-Mail Addresses of Embassies. [The information contained herein was compiled as of January 25, 2008.] Preface This publication contains the names of the members of the diplomatic staffs of all missions and their spouses. Members of the diplomatic staff are the members of the staff of the mission having diplomatic rank. These persons, with the exception of those identified by asterisks, enjoy full immunity under provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Pertinent provisions of the Convention include the following:
The person of a diplomatic agent shall be inviolable. He shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention. The receiving State shall treat him with due respect and shall take all appropriate steps to prevent any attack on his person, freedom or dignity.
A diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State. He shall also enjoy immunity from its civil and administrative jurisdiction, except in the case of:
A diplomatic agent's family members are entitled to the same immunities unless they are United States nationals. ASTERISKS (*) IDENTIFY UNITED STATES NATIONALS
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