Did You Know…. Attaché Attaché is a diplomatic officer attached to an embassy or consulate. Attachés are either junior officers in an embassy or, if more senior, officers who have a professional specialization and specialties, such as military attachés, cultural attachés, economic attachés and so forth. The first known use of the word was detected back to 1826.
Persona Non Grata Persona Non Grata is defined as an individual who is personally unacceptable/ unwelcome/ not sovereign to the host government/ accrediting government. The first known use of the word was detected back to 1904.
Honorary Consul Honorary Consul is a host-country national appointed by a foreign state to perform limited consular functions in a locality where the appointing state has no other consular representation.
Rapporteur Rapporteur can be defined as the official of a committee or subcommittee whose job is to prepare a summary report of discussions and conclusions, and presenting the report to a governing body. The first known use of the word was detected back to 1500.
High Commissioner High Commissioner is the chief of a high commission and is similar to what an ambassador is to an embassy, or also regarded as the ambassadorial representative of the government of one country stationed in another. The first known use of the word was detected back to 1633.
Background Picture: High Commission of Malaysia, Pretoria, South Africa.