I wanted to be a diplomat.

I said, Daddy, I want to be a diplomat.

He was someone who chose without hesitation.

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

Carne, you have to be very clever to be a diplomat.

I, as the diplomatic representative of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, may be sceptical of this commitment.

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

I am convinced that your wisdom and your qualities as an experienced and competent diplomat will ensure the success of our work.

(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.

I believe in randomness, and one of the reasons I believe that is because me becoming a diplomat was random.

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

I am sure that, with your skill as a seasoned diplomat and with your experience, you will lead the work of our Committee to a successful conclusion.

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

As a diplomat, he worked from Egypt to Syria from Saudi Arabia to Libya.

As one of the prominent diplomats and professionals of his country, Ambassador Koumbairia made considerable efforts for Chad apos s development.

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.

As a distinguished diplomat and public servant with long experience, you bring to your office an outstanding record of wisdom, excellence and industry.

Benin welcomes the change in the position taken by the United States Government, which has now granted diplomatic recognition to the legal Government of Angola.

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.

It is a matter of special satisfaction for us to see such a qualified and skilful diplomat from the sister nation of Ecuador in charge of our work in this important Committee of the General Assembly.

Except for the relatively small number accorded diplomatic status by the Israeli authorities, international staff were required to submit their vehicles and personal baggage to a time consuming search prior to entering Israel.

Whether one is a head of state, a diplomat or a local leader, one has the duty to foster a moral ecology that promotes justice, peace and human flourishing in all realms of life.

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.

Such action would have reinforced the Agency's essential investigatory and monitoring roles and the Security Council had the necessary international legal and political authority that might be required to bring the issue to a successful and peaceful diplomatic resolution.

To that end, Spain is developing an active diplomacy and believes that steps taken, such as the recent appointments by the Secretary General of his Personal Envoy and of the Special Representative for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, will provide the opportunity to relaunch the process.

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.

Some time ago, security forces observed the arrival in Sudan, through Khartoum airport, of a group of people carrying Arab passports, one of whom had a diplomatic passport. The group stayed for some time in a well known hotel in Khartoum, before renting a private house in the Sudanese capital.

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.