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accredited representative

Yet another way of describing a head of mission or, more generally, a diplomatic agent. Occasionally, however, it may be given as a formal title to:

a representative of an entity which is thought, probably by the receiving state, to lack the entitlement to appoint agents with diplomatic status. In 1939 South Africa\'s representative to Canada was given this title, reflecting South Africa\'s wish to avoid the non-sovereign-sounding title of high commissioner, and Canada\'s refusal to give diplomatic status to the representative of a dominion. This title had also been used by South Africa for the head of her permanent delegation to the League of Nations. During the Second World War the term was used to designate the Australian and New Zealand members of the British War Cabinet. See also polpred, representative.

A representative of a sovereign state with which the receiving state is not in diplomatic relations (sense 1), and to whom the latter does not therefore accord the normal range of diplomatic privileges and immunities. Such an individual may head a representative office.

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accredited diplomatic representative		acquis communautaire.