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multiple accreditation

The accrediting of a diplomat to two or more states or international organizations. In the usual case, an ambassador is resident in the capital of one of the states to which he or she is accredited, while the other(s) are in the same region. If the capital is host to an international organization he or she may well be accredited to this as well. Expressly sanctioned by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, multiple accreditation of this kind has always been popular with smaller states because of the cost-savings which it permits but in recent years has been resorted to by larger states as well.

The accrediting of the same person by two or more states as head of mission to another state. Because of the great confidence and unanimity of outlook which must obtain between states before they can embark on this course, this is rare. There are some signs, however, that the European Union may experiment with this procedure. See also cut-price diplomacy.

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