And so I decided quite at an early age I wanted to be a diplomat.

Altogether, 47 diplomats based in New York and representatives of 8 non governmental organizations and regional bodies attended.

(i) a diplomatic agent, as defined in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961

Ambassador Kronfol was an experienced diplomat with extensive knowledge of multilateral and Arab affairs.

And he turned to me, and he said, Carne, you have to be very clever to be a diplomat.

Being a diplomat, then and now, is an incredible job, and I loved every minute of it I enjoyed the status of it.

He was a brilliant diplomat, dedicated and talented, who served his country and its causes with the utmost dedication.

And I, one day, I announced this to my parents and my father denies this story to this day I said, Daddy, I want to be a diplomat.

So it might be useful to step back and take one more look at our disagreeable negotiating partner Iran to see what should, and should not, be emphasized diplomatically.

If the Iran crisis were to boil over, the pivot to Asia would no longer be America s main foreign policy priority. But if the dispute with Iran is resolved diplomatically, the Middle East might, perhaps, be relegated to a position of lesser importance, as Obama clearly desires.

As at October 2004 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had 590 employees, 360 of them women and 230 men and of 343 diplomats 188 were women. Women constitute 61 of the total number of employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After 15 years in the British diplomatic corps, Carne Ross became a freelance diplomat, running a bold nonprofit that gives small, developing and yet unrecognized nations a voice in international relations. At the BIF 5 conference, he calls for a new kind of diplomacy that gives voice to small countries, that works with changing boundaries and that welcomes innovation.