- •Diplomatic handbook Seventh Edition
- •Longman London and New York
- •Contents
- •Chapter I
- •Introduction
- •International organisations: accreditation
- •In the absence of a full diplomatic
- •Orders of precedence
- •Precedence between heads of diplomatic
- •Individual precedence within a mission
- •Individual precedence inter se of
- •Precedence of heads of mission within the
- •Immunities
- •Inviolability and immunity of premises
- •Inviolability of records, documents,
- •Immunity from criminal jurisdiction
- •Immunity from civil and administrative
- •Inviolability of correspondence
- •Inviolability of property
- •Relating to the consular post
- •Facilities, personal privileges and immunities
- •The united nations purposes and principles
- •Purposes
- •Principles
- •The general assembly
- •The security council
- •The economic and social council
- •The trusteeship council
- •The international court of justice
- •The secretary-general and the secretariat
- •Intergovernmental agencies related
- •Food and agriculture organisation
- •International atomic energy agency
- •International civil aviation organisation
- •International fund for agricultural development
- •International labour organisation
- •International maritime organisation
- •International telecommunications union
- •The international monetary fund
- •The world bank
- •United nations development programme
- •Universal postal union
- •World health organisation
- •World intellectual property organisation
- •World meteorological organisation
- •Subsidiary organisations
- •International law commission
- •International research and training
- •Institute for the advancement of women
- •Other consultative bodies
- •United nations children’s emergency fund
- •United nations environment programme
- •United nations fund for population activities
- •United nations high commission for refugees
- •International
- •Arab league/the league of arab states
- •Asia-pacific economic cooperation
- •Bank for international settlements
- •Black sea economic cooperation
- •Caribbean regional organisations the association of caribbean states
- •Central american common market
- •Central european initiative
- •Common market for eastern and southern africa
- •The commonwealth
- •Council of europe
- •Economic cooperation organisation
- •European free trade association/ european economic area
- •Indian ocean association for regional cooperation
- •Islamic conference organisation
- •Maghreb arab union
- •North american free trade agreement
- •North atlantic treaty organisation
- •Organisation of african unity
- •Organisation of american states
- •South pacific regional organisations
- •Visegrád group
- •Western european union
- •World trade organisation
- •Chapter 9
- •International law and
- •Definition and general principles
- •Treaties and treaty-making general principles
- •Types of treaties
- •The process of treaty-making
- •The form and content of treaties
- •The validity of treaties
- •The termination of treaties
- •Diplomatic asylum
- •Voting quorums and majority requirements
- •All male/female seating plan: host/hostess and seven guests
- •Invitations
- •Introducing people
- •Visiting cards
- •International
- •Islamic festivals
- •1. The ozone layer
- •2. Global warming and the
- •3. Biodiversity
- •4. The preservation of forests
Central american common market
The members of MCCA are Costa Rica, EI Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In terms of the 1960 treaty of Managua and the Guatemala Declaration on Monetary Integration the parties aim to eliminate tariffs on nearly all intra-regional trade, and eventually to create a customs union. They envisage the harmonisation of policies relating to taxation, customs classification, monopolies, dumping and unfair trade practices; the acceptance of the principles of coordinated industrial development and of freedom of transit, and the establishment of a Central American Bank of Economic Integration. The institutions of MCCA are the Central American Economic Council composed of Ministers of each of the parties, and an Executive Council on which each party is represented. The Secretary-General and the Secretariat are in Guatemala City.
Central european initiative
The CEI was founded in 1989 by Austria, Hungary, Italy and Yugoslavia with the aim of increasing economic and political cooperation, developing cross-border infrastructure and providing a forum for the discussion of regional problems. By 1997, its membership had grown to sixteen, and new members are not contemplated. Its major purpose now is to promote European integration, and to facilitate the process for those members who are not yet members of the European Union, within a framework of parliamentary democracy, and the maintenance of human rights. Members of CEI are Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia (FYR), Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
The organisational structure of the CEI is based on a series of regular forums: the annual Heads of Government Meeting, the annual meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Committee of National Coordinators which meets on a regular basis, the Special Meetings of Sectoral Ministers, and the Parliamentary Conference attended by delegates representing national Parliaments. In addition, cooperation and dialogue relationships exist with such organisations as the European Union, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Council of Europe, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Council of Baltic Sea States, the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, the Community of Alps Adriatic and the Community of the Danubian Region.
There is no fixed Secretariat, but the CEI Trieste Centre was established in Italy in 1996.
Common market for eastern and southern africa
COMESA was established in 1993 as a successor organisation to the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa (PTA). As with the Southern African Development Community (q.v.) and the Southern African Customs Union between South Africa, Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho and Botswana (SACU) it seeks to create a momentum towards economic integration, and in addition provides a clearinghouse with its own unit of account for financial transactions between member states, namely Angola, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Secretariat of COMESA is in Lusaka.