Diplomatic Handbook

By Ralph G. Feltham and R.G. Feltham

Diplomatic Handbook aims to provide a concise but comprehensive source of relevant information for those who are embarking on an international and, particularly, a diplomatic career. It is also useful... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582317169
• ISBN13: 9780582317161
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Longman
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"

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Concise and Useful

Diplomatic Handbook, 8th Edition by Ralph G. Feltham (Martinus Nijhoff: Brill Academic Publishers) The aim of this book is to provide a concise but comprehensive source of relevant information for those who are embarking on an international and, particularly, a diplomatic career. It is also useful for civil servants who are required to attend multilateral conferences on a wide range of subjects and for those interested in the meganisms of international relations. Coverage includes: * the establishment and conduct of diplomatic relations * the organisation and functions of a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at a diplomatic mission * protocol and procedure * diplomatic privileges and immunities * consular officers and consular posts * the European Union, NATO, the United Nations and other international * organisations * key elements of international law * conference practice and procedure * information, misinformation, disinformation, and media presentation skills * glossary of diplomatic, consular and economic terms This new edition has been up-dated to take account of the major political, economic, social and technological changes which have taken place since the latest edition was published in 1998. Ralph Feltham has been both a diplomat and a consular officer, and was founder and Director of the Oxford University Foreign Service Programme. He has taught at Diplomatic Academies worldwide over the past 30 years and is a founder member of the International Forum on Diplomatic Training