What is a diplomatic delivery?
Diplomatic Shipments or Diplomatic Cargo are items that are consigned to government officials and employees of non-U.S. countries who have a diplomatic mission/duty in the United States. These cargo shipments have certain legal protection as they are considered official diplomatic correspondence.
Can a diplomatic courier deliver money?
E-mails from Diplomatic Courier are never sent from Google, Yahoo, Hotmail, or other personal domains. Diplomatic Courier does not use Western Union or any other money transfer service to receive or send payments.
What does a foreign service diplomatic courier do?
Diplomatic Couriers safeguard and escort diplomatic pouches containing classified and sensitive material between U.S. diplomatic missions overseas and the Department of State.
What is diplomatic immunity courier?
A diplomatic courier is an official who transports diplomatic bags as sanctioned under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Couriers are granted diplomatic immunity and are thereby protected by the receiving state from arrest and detention when performing their work.
Who are diplomatic Agents?
WHO IS A DIPLOMATIC AGENT? According to Art. 1 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic relations, a diplomatic agent is a person acting in pursuance of a duty bestowed upon him by the sending state. He may be the head of the mission or the part of the diplomatic staff accompanying the head of the mission.
Is diplomatic delivery legal?
Diplomats can carry documents for embassies between countries without inspection, but they do not run any kind of courier service. Any talk of a diplomat coming to your doorstep to deliver a fortune is utter nonsense and a scam.
Can a country reject an ambassador?
The designated person enjoys diplomatic immunity in the receiving state. As codified by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the state receiving the designated diplomat may refuse agrément without giving a reason, making the designated diplomat “persona non grata”.
Can a state refuse to accept diplomatic agents?
As per the declaration made under paragraph 1, if the sending state fails to accomplish its duties or obligations within the specified time period then in such a situation, the host state may refuse to recognize that person as a member of that diplomatic mission.