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permanent observer mission

  
     
  A mission, office, or delegation headed by a permanent observer. States now tend to use the term ‘mission’ as the collective term for their observers, whereas international organizations usually call it an ‘office’, but occasionally a ‘delegation’. At the conference held in Vienna in 1975 on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character, an argument arose as to whether such missions should be permitted ‘representative’, i.e. diplomatic, functions. Successfully supporting this position were those – notably Switzerland and the Holy See – who for political or religious reasons were unable to attain membership of an international organization but wished nevertheless to be as closely associated with it as possible. See also observer mission; observer status.  
 

 

 

  
 
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