Revised Diplomatic Protocol

[Praetor]

In consultation with the Senior Diplomats and my Deputies the Diplomatic Protocol is being revised as follows. I have updated the stickied thread but am including this in order for Ambassadors to see what changes have been made.

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The North Pacific Diplomatic Corps

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Representing our great region abroad

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The North Pacific Diplomatic Corps Protocol​

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Preamble

This Protocol is intended as a guide for all members of The North Pacific Diplomatic Corps. By consulting this Protocol and being familiar with it, it is the hope of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that all Ambassadors are well informed for any events and problems that they may encounter while on their assignments. This Protocol borrows heavily from the Canada-Q102 Protocol on Ambassadors and the Great Britain and Ireland Diplomatic Service Protocol. The signature banner for Ambassadors was created by SillyString. The diplomatic ribbons were created by Sanctaria.

In the following, clauses using "should" are intended as recommendations to Ambassadors and compliance with them is not required. For all other clauses, compliance is required and will be enforced.


Article I Accreditation and Identification

1. Upon arrival to their assigned region, the Ambassador must introduce themselves in an appropriate area of the board, either in The North Pacific Embassy (if one exists), or more informally in a general introduction forum.
2. In their introduction thread, the Ambassador must issue the letter of credence they were provided with by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. If the Ambassador were not provided with a letter of credence, they must immediately notify the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
3. Regions often prescribe certain procedures for granting diplomatic forum permissions, and for embassy requests. Most commonly these take the form of filling out an application by means of posting or making a new topic in a certain forum area. The Ambassador must actively search for the prescribed procedures and comply with them, when requesting diplomat masking or applying for the opening of The North Pacific Embassy, as applicable.
4. Regions may choose varying ways to indicate that a member of their forum is an ambassador from another region. In addition to these, the Ambassador must identify their status in their signature on the forum of their assigned region. This identification must be in the following format:

[url=http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/][IMG]http://z2.ifrm.com/10711/28/0/p1090371/tnpambass2.jpg[/IMG][/url]

In regions where having images in signatures is either not possible because of the forum software used, or not permitted by forum rules, the Ambassador must use the following identification instead:

Ambassador from The North Pacific

[color=#5a70b3][b]Ambassador from [url=http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/]The North Pacific[/url][/b][/color]

5. The Ambassador should display ribbons in their signature on The North Pacific forum, indicating their service in their current or previous assigned regions. The ribbons for each region are listed below.

Spoiler: Diplomatic ribbons (click to view)

Ambassador to Ainur​

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Ambassador to Albion​

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Ambassador to Balder​

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Ambassador to the British Isles​

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Ambassador to Equilism​

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Ambassador to the European Union​

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Ambassador to Europeia​

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Ambassador to the FRA​

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Ambassador to the IDU​

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Ambassador to the IWU​

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Ambassador to Kantrias​

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Ambassador to Lazarus​

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Ambassador to the LKE​

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Ambassador to LWU​

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Ambassador to Mordor​

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Ambassador to Normandy​

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Ambassador to Nysa​

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Ambassador to Osiris​

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Ambassador to Region Inc.​

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Ambassador to Spiritus​

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Ambassador to Stargate​

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Ambassador to Taijitu​

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Ambassador to The Allied Republics​

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Ambassador to The Black Hawks​

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Ambassador to The Commonwealth of Crowns​

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Ambassador to the East Pacific​

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Ambassador to TNGE​

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Ambassador to The New Inquisition​

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Ambassador to The Pacific​

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Ambassador to The Rejected Realms​

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Ambassador to the South Pacific​

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Ambassador to the West Pacific​

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Ambassador to the United Kingdom​

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Ambassador to Unknown​

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Ambassador to the Versutian Federation​

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Ambassador to Wintreath​

Article II Visitation and Reports

1. The Ambassador should visit their assigned region at least once a week.
2. The Ambassador mustshould provide a monthly update of news from their assigned region in the designated Ambassador Reports thread set up in the Diplomatic Corps forum. The Ambassador must be able to answer any questions concerning their reports and their assigned region in this thread.
3. The Ambassador must immediately report any events of grave importance to The North Pacific, as well as any diplomatic incidents or information of exceptional concern to The North Pacific, that take place in or involve their assigned regions. They may do so either in the Ambassador Reports thread, or by directly contacting either the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Delegate, depending on the sensitivity of the issue.
4. The Ambassador should provide a brief monthly update of important news, events and affairs from The North Pacific to their assigned region, to be delivered in The North Pacific Embassy in their assigned region.
54. The Ambassador must answer all inquiries for information regarding The North Pacific from members of their assigned region timely and to their best ability.
65. The Ambassador must provide copies of The Northern Lights to their assigned region, to be delivered in The North Pacific Embassy in their assigned region.
76. The Ambassador must post any publications produced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for embassy distribution, when instructed so by the Delegate, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs or a government official with the authorityor Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a timely and efficient manner.
87. If ever an Ambassador comes upon a situation in the execution of their duties that leaves them unsure of what the prudent manner of proceeding is, they must immediately contact either the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Delegate.
98. At no time may any Ambassador divulge information of a sensitive nature to any foreign official without express and direct permission from the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Delegate.


Article III Behavior

1. The Ambassador must at all times be mindful of the fact that they are representing The North Pacific, and act accordingly.
2. The Ambassador must be aware of the statutes and conventions of the assigned region and comply with them at all times, as long as these do not require that they violate statutes of The North Pacific or rules of NationStates.
3. The Ambassador should only take part in internal affairs or WA resolution discussions if this is welcome in their assigned region.
4. The Ambassador should try to participate in the forums of their assigned region in order to acquaint with the regional community and help develop the relationship between The North Pacific and the assigned region. Specifically, activity in areas such as roleplays, spamming games, and other types of games, participating in discussions and debates on real life issues, and attending cultural events organized by the assigned region are encouraged, as long as these are permitted. Participation in the regional Discord server, IRC channel or Skype chat, if anyeither exist and as long as these are permitted, are strongly encouraged.
5. If the Ambassador wishes to borrow or adopt ideas from their assigned region for use in The North Pacific, or reproduce material from their assigned region in The North Pacific forums, they must first seek permission to do so from someone in a suitable position of authority, and abide by that decision. The Ambassador must always clear such requests through either the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Delegate.
6. The Ambassador may not place a puppet nation in their assigned region, unless it is explicitly required for accreditation.
7. The Ambassador must refrain from impolite speech, aggressive or over-bearing behaviour, and vulgarity. Politeness and good manners should be the hallmark of the Ambassador. The Ambassador should always endeavour to use proper spelling and grammar when communicating within their assigned region.


Last update: April 24th, 2014November 5th, 2016.

 

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