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Additionally, DFAT employed 2,267 locally engaged staff (LES) in the overseas network. LES are citizens of the country in which the relevant DFAT Post is located, providing invaluable administrative and policy support to Australian officers whilst they conduct their overseas duties.
Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations.A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details, such as the order of precedence at official processions, table seatings at state dinners, the person to whom diplomatic credentials should be presented, and the title by which the diplomat should be addressed.
The department was created under the Gorton government, the new department representing a simple name change from the previous Department of External Affairs. [2] [3] The old External Affairs title was sometimes causing confusion and the name change, initiated by William McMahon, brought Australia into line with common international practice.
In 1975, responsibility for Australian passport functions were transferred to the Department of Foreign Affairs (since 1987, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), from the then Department of Labor and Immigration. [17] Before 1983, a married woman's passport application had to be authorised by her husband. [13] [19] [20]
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) (Irish: An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha) is a department of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for promoting the interests of Ireland in the European Union and the wider world. The head of the department is the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Global Affairs Canada (GAC; French: Affaires mondiales Canada; AMC) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada that manages Canada's diplomatic and consular relations, promotes Canadian international trade, and leads Canada's international development and humanitarian assistance.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: R.G. Casey Building 1996 [2] John McEwen Crescent Barton, South Canberra: Canberra, ACT Austria: Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs: Ministry of Foreign Affairs building 1959 Minoritenplatz 8 Innere Stadt: Vienna Bahrain: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Government Ave. Manama, Northern ...
CIDA was formed in 1968 by the Canadian government under Lester B. Pearson.CIDA reported to the Parliament of Canada through the Minister for International Cooperation.Its mandate was to "support sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world."