Did You Know…. Country Desk
Diplomatic Corps
Country Desk is generally known as
Diplomatic Corps is defined as the body
offices for state departments and foreign
of foreign diplomats assembled at a
offices for each country with which they
nation’s
have active dealings.
where consuls and consul generals are
A large embassy needs support if a
reside, they are collectively known as
large country is involves and the desk is
the consular corps.
likely to be staffed by a large number of
Generally, the official/officer who had
officers. Vice versa, a smaller country
been at his post the longest will be the
may require a one-officer desk only.
dean
capital.
of
both
represents
Team’
diplomatic
is
term
ambassador’s
an
American
meaning
cabinet.
the
corps. corps
in
The in
cities
dean
collective
dealings with host country officials on
Country Team ‘Country
However,
The
the team
matters
of
a
ceremonial
or
administrative character affecting the corps as a whole.
consists of his deputy chief of mission, heads
of
all
important
Legation
embassy
sections, and the chiefs of all order
Legation is rare now, but it was once
elements, working under him in the
very common. A legation is a diplomatic
“embassy community”.
mission
similar
for
most
practical
purposes to an embassy, but lowers in Good Offices An effort by a third state, or by an
rank, and presided over by a minister rather than an ambassador.
individual or an international body, designed to stimulate the processes of settlement in a dispute between two other states.
Background Picture: Consulate General of Malaysia, Medan, Indonesia.