Ex.1 Read the text and give your opinion about the specialist knowledge, skills and qualities which the diplomat needs and why he needs it

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Ex.1 Read the text. Write out the key vocabulary and make use of it to summarize the text.

Procedure on Departure

Shortly before a head of mission relinquishes his post (except in the event of his recall having been requested by the host state) he sends a note announcing his recall to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and asks for an audience with the Head of State. This farewell audience is a private one and the departing head of mission may take the opportunity of presenting his letter of recall. It is the normal practice nowadays, however, to combine an outgoing head of mission’s letter of recall (a formal document signed by the Head of State) with his successor’s letter of credence. A departing head of mission writes to the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and to other heads of missions and informs them that he is leaving, e.g.

Your Excellency (or Monsieur le Chargé d’Affaires), I have the honour to inform Your Excellency (you) that 1 shall be leaving............................ [place] on.......... [date], on the termination of my mission.

Until the arrival of my successor, the direction of this Embassy will be assumed by Mr............. Counsellor [e.g.] of this Embassy, as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. I should like to take this opportunity to express to Your Excellency (you) my sincere gratitude for your cooperation which has contributed to the good relations, both official and personal, which so happily exist between our two countries and our two missions.

Please accept, Your Excellency (Monsieur le Chargé d’Affaires), the assurance of my highest (high) esteem.

Ambassador’s name

His Excellency.......... etc.

or Mr..........., Chargé d’Affaires, etc.)

The head of mission’s diplomatic functions come to an end either when he leaves the country or on an earlier date if this is specified in his note announcing his recall. (If he does not leave on the date specified it is customary for him, together with his family, to be allowed full privileges and immunities for a reasonable period until his departure.) He is seen off at his point of departure by a representative of the Department of Protocol (the Chief or his Deputy).

The diplomat

The diplomat needs to acquire all the normal attributes of his compatriots who are successful businessmen, administrators or civil servants, but he is a specialist in that he needs an added dimension: he must understand other countries, other cultures and other societies, and know what makes them tick. He must like people, and be genuinely interested in them. He needs specialist knowledge, skills and qualities, which may be summarized as follows:

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