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An agent (sense 3) who enjoys neither diplomatic status nor consular status. In the case of such agents who are posted at a capital city, their lack of diplomatic or consular status may be because their work is either insufficiently interstate in character (a tourist information officer, perhaps) or because it involves business activity. In the case of those outside the capital, diplomatic status is ordinarily unavailable, and while consular status might be appropriate (for a trade promotion officer, perhaps), it requires the existence of a consular post in the city in question. If neither status is available or appropriate, it may be that the receiving state will, by special arrangement or as a matter of courtesy, afford such agents certain limited privileges and immunities.
A state or territory which lacks sovereignty (sense 1) may also, by agreement, appoint non-diplomatic agents to a foreign capital city or to a city which is not the capital. Palestine, for example (in the shape of the Palestinian Authority), has appointed a number of ‘general delegations’, each led by a delegate-general (although the latter are often called ambassadors by the Authority). See also agent-general. |
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