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NEW CREDENTIALS [4 records]

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Record 1 2020-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Climate Change
CONT

How are your green credentials? Unless they’re whiter than white, you may encounter a new phenomenon :"eco-shaming. "With environmental activism on the rise this year as the consequences of climate change become all too clear, there's a new trend to call out people who pollute the planet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Changements climatiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento humano
  • Cambio climático
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Record 2 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 3 2000-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
DEF

The name for letters given to an ambassador by his chief of state, and addressed to the chief of state of his host country.

CONT

[The letters] are delivered to the latter by ambassadors in a formal credentials ceremony, which generally takes place shortly after his arrival at a new post. Until this ceremony has taken place he is not formally recognized by the host country, and he cannot officially act as ambassador. The letters are termed "letters of credence" because they request the receiving chief of state to give "full credence" to what the ambassador will say on behalf of his government.

OBS

Reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Key term(s)
  • credential
  • letter of credence
  • letter credential
  • credential letter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
Key term(s)
  • lettre de créance

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diplomacia
OBS

Reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 4 1999-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

Upon his arrival at his post the new Ambassador calls on the Chief of Protocol of the Foreign Office to arrange for the presentation of his credentials to the Head of State... An Ambassador is not officially recognized at his post until he has formally presented his credentials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
CONT

La remise des lettres de créance marque l'entrée en fonction de l'ambassadeur parce qu'elle réalise son accréditation.

Spanish

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