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LETTRE RECREANCE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

New credentials are necessary when the rank of a post is modified. The same conditions prevail in the case of death or resignation of the sovereign.

CONT

Where in either state a monarch or other hereditary ruler is replaced by his successor, either constitutionally or otherwise, or where in either state changes not provided for in the constitution lead to the emergence of a new head of state, it is general practice that ambassadors who remain at their posts are provided with fresh credentials.

OBS

new credential; fresh credential: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • new credentials
  • fresh credentials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
DEF

Lettre de créance à nouveau présentée aux autorités locales par un agent diplomatique dès lors que le rang d'un poste est modifié, par exemple lorsqu'une légation est élevée au rang d'ambassade.

OBS

lettre de recréance : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • lettres de recréance

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diplomacia
CONT

Existe la necesidad de que los jefes de misión presenten nuevas credenciales cuando es proclamando un nuevo soberano en los estados monárquicos. En el caso de las Repúblicas no es necesaria la renovación de credenciales cuando hay un cambio de presidente.

OBS

nueva credencial: término utilizado generalmente en plural.

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Record 2 2010-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
DEF

A document embodying the formal action of a government upon a letter of recall of a foreign minister. It, in effect, accredits him back to his own government. It is addressed to the latter government, and is delivered to the minister by the diplomatic secretary of the state from which he is recalled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
DEF

Document que le chef de l'État ou le ministre des Affaires étrangères remet à un ambassadeur étranger rappelé par son État, à charge pour ce dernier de les remettre à ses propres autorités accréditantes.

Key term(s)
  • lettres de récréance

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diplomacia
DEF

Documento que dirige el jefe de Estado receptor al del Estado acreditante en respuesta a las cartas de retiro.

CONT

En las cartas recredenciales se manifiesta el aprecio y alta estima que tuvo el jefe de Estado receptor por el embajador saliente.

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