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This is a list of diplomatic missions in Belize. The official capital of Belize is Belmopan, however four countries maintain their embassies in the former capital, Belize City, on the Caribbean coast. There are a total of 12 embassies/high commission in the country, with several other countries accrediting ambassadors from elsewhere.
The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Belize is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Belize, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Belize. As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations , diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Belize are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state .
Belize established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 21 September 1981. Both countries are Commonwealth Realms. Belize maintains a high commission in London. The United Kingdom is accredited to Belize from its high commission in Belmopan. [80] The UK governed Belize from 1783 to 1981, when Belize achieved full independence.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific is a junior-level ministerial position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of His Majesty's Government. The office was known as Minister of State for Europe and the Americas from 2010 to 2020. [ 1 ]
The office was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID). [2] The FCO was itself created in 1968 by the merger of the Foreign Office (FO) and the Commonwealth Office. The department in its various forms is responsible for representing and ...
It employs around 14,000 people, roughly one-third of whom are crown servants working directly for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, either in London or abroad. The remaining two-thirds are employed locally by one of nearly 270 British diplomatic missions abroad (such as embassies, consulates and high commissions ). [ 1 ]
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office employs approximately 13,200 staff in the UK and in more than 260 Posts overseas. Approximately one-third of these employees are UK-based civil servants (including members of HM Diplomatic Service ) and two-thirds are employed locally by Posts overseas.
This is a list of Permanent Under-Secretaries in the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (and its predecessors) since 1790. Not to be confused with Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.