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	BBC News \| UK \| Diplomatic bag: The inside story
		The so-called diplomatic bag, provided that it is clearly marked as such, cannot be opened or detained.
		Just as diplomats and their embassies are exempt from the rules and regulations which govern others in a host nation, their correspondence is also above national law.
		For larger consignments, such as the one sent to Harare, packages are loaded into an aeroplane cargo hold in the UK and met by diplomatic officials at their destination.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/672786.stm (463 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Diplomatic
		Move to accord diplomatic protection to stateless persons, refugees is commended by speakers in Assembly's Legal Committee; Issue raised as debate continues on topics in Law Commission report.
		Legal Committee is told draft articles on diplomatic protection submitted to governments for observations by start of 2006; Review of International Law Commission report begins; Liability for transboundary harm, unilateral acts of states among other issues (part 2 of 2).
		Legal Committee is told draft articles on diplomatic protection submitted to governments for observations by start of 2006; Review of International Law Commission report begins; Liability for transboundary harm, unilateral acts of states among other issues (part 1 of 2).
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Diplomatic&StartAt=1 (950 words)

	REGULATIONS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES
		If members of the diplomatic staff of the mission are to be appointed from among persons of Chinese or third country nationality, the approval of the Chinese organ in charge must be obtained and this may be withdrawn at any time by the said organ.
		An ad hoc diplomatic courier must hold a certificate bearing testimony to his or her position as an ad hoc courier issued by the organ in charge from the sending State, and will enjoy the same immunities as the diplomatic courier while charged with the carrying of the diplomatic bag.
		A diplomatic bag may be entrusted to the captain of a commercial aircraft, but he must be provided with an official document issued by the consignor country indicating the number of packages constituting the bag.
	www.novexcn.com /diplomatic_privlidg_immuni.html (1931 words)

	10041
		The present Regulations are formulated for the purpose of defining the diplomatic privileges and immunities of the diplomatic missions in China and their members and facilitating the efficient performance of the functions of the diplomatic missions in China as representing States.
		Diplomatic couriers ad hoc shall be provided with certificates of courier ad hoc issued by the competent authorities of the sending State, and shall enjoy the same immunities as the diplomatic courier while charged with the carrying of the diplomatic bag.
		Diplomatic agents who are nationals of China or foreigners having obtained permanent residence in China shall enjoy immunity from jurisdiction and inviolability only in respects of acts performed in the course of official duties.
	www.hku.hk /law/conlawhk/sourcebook/10041.htm (1860 words)

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		The packages constituting the diplomatic bag must be sealed and bear visible external marks of their character and may contain only diplomatic documents or articles intended for official use.
		A diplomatic bag may be entrusted to the captain of a commercial aircraft scheduled to land at an authorised port of entry.
		Diplomatic agents shall be exempt from all personal contribution for the purposes of public welfare, security or national defence of the Vietnamese State.
	park.org /Thailand/MoreAboutAsia/vninfo/docs/t274.html (4784 words)

	Legal Opinion
		Under the rules of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (Vienna Convention), the inspection of the baggage of the Turkish Ambassador and the subsequent seizure of the ivory by Swiss authorities, was legal.
		In your message, you said that the "suitcase was not marked as diplomatic baggage." Because the baggage was not properly marked as a diplomatic bag, the baggage cannot be considered a diplomatic bag.
		Lastly, diplomatic agents and others entitled to the exemption in Article 36.2 of the Vienna Convention are now expected to submit to screening at airports as a general security precaution to avoid abuse of their privileges and immunities.
	www.lclark.edu /org/ielp/diplo_immun.html (1836 words)

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		The packages constituting the diplomatic bag must be sealed and bear visible external marks of their character and may contain only diplomatic documents or articles intended for official use.
		A diplomatic bag may be entrusted to the captain of a commercial aircraft scheduled to land at an authorised port of entry.
		Diplomatic agents shall be exempt from all personal contribution for the purposes of public welfare, security or national defence of the Vietnamese State.
	hannover.park.org /Thailand/MoreAboutAsia/vninfo/docs/t274.html (4784 words)

	diplomatic bag definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		diplomatic bag definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		bag for diplomats' mail: a bag in which official correspondence travels between a government office and an embassy of that government in another country, carried by a special messenger.
		The bag is not subject to the regulations governing ordinary mail.
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861689079/diplomatic_bag.html (95 words)

	Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - e Diplomat
		In cases where no member of the diplomatic staff of the mission is present in the receiving State, a member of the administrative and technical staff may, with the consent of the receiving State, be designated by the sending State to be in charge of the current administrative affairs of the mission.
		A diplomatic bag may be entrusted to the captain of a commercial aircraft scheduled to land at an authorized port of entry.
		The members of the family of a diplomatic agent forming part of his household shall, if they are not nationals of the receiving State, enjoy the privileges and immunities specified in Articles 29 to 36.
	www.ediplomat.com /nd/treaties/diplomatic_relations.htm (4507 words)

	The Government of The Bahamas - Home
		In a state where the sending state has no diplomatic mission and is not represented by a diplomatic mission of a third state, a consular officer may, with the consent of the receiving state, and without affecting his consular status, be authorised to perform diplomatic acts.
		A consular bag may be entrusted to the captain of a ship or of a commercial aircraft scheduled to land at an authorised port of entry.
		The names of members of a diplomatic mission assigned to the consular section or otherwise charged with the exercise of the consular functions of the mission shall be notified to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving state or to the authority designated by that Ministry.
	laws.bahamas.gov.bs /statutes/statute_CHAPTER_18.html (5889 words)

	Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Members of the diplomatic staff of the mission may not be appointed from among persons having the nationality of the receiving State, except with the consent of that State which may be withdrawn at any time.
		In cases where no member of the diplomatic staff of the mission is present in the receiving State, a member of the administrative and technical staff may, with the consent of the receiving State, be designatedby the sending State to be in charge of the current administrative affairs of the mission.
		The diplomatic courier, who shall be provided with an official document indicating his status and the number of packages constituting the diplomatic bag, shall be protected by the receiving State in the performance of his functions.
	www.taxhavenco.com /osm/ViennaDiplomatic.html (5608 words)

	Georgetown University
		Under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the diplomatic pouch-- which carries mail and other communications from the embassy to the home state-- is immune from inspection.
		Advocates of diplomatic bag screening contend there are ways to protect diplomatic protocol and at the same time increase aviation security.
		Diplomatic immunity is one of the most widely-recognized rules of international law.
	explore.georgetown.edu /blogs/?id=2880 (559 words)

	The Korea Times : [Another Korea] (124) Opening the Diplomatic Bag (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Diplomats are paid in hard currency when they work overseas, and this fact alone makes them very special.
		Once overseas, the diplomats are kept under constant surveillance by security police who maintain a number of officers in each overseas mission.
		The diplomats have to report all their movements and contacts outside the embassy compound (whenever possible, the North Korean embassies include living quarters for personnel _ to save money on rent and facilitate surveillance).
	times.hankooki.com /lpage/opinion/200501/kt2005013117592554140.htm (759 words)

	Wizz Air
		A diplomatic baggage or any type of baggage with a sealed-lock, must be accompanied by a diplomatic courier during the whole journey and to/from the aircraft, and must be declared as diplomatic baggage.
		In this case the courier should be present during the whole loading and unloading procedure of the diplomatic bag, as he/she is responsible for its carriage.
		At check-in the diplomatic baggage shall be weighed and a cabin baggage tag shall be attached.
	wizzair.com /useful_information/baggage (0 words)

	Chinese Laws and Regulations --- People's Daily Online
		A diplomatic courier, when conveying a diplomatic bag, shall be provided with a courier certificate issued by the competent authorities of the sending State.
		The captain of a commercial aircraft may be entrusted with the task of conveying a diplomatic bag for a mission, but he shall be provided with an official document issued by the consigning State (indicating the number of packages constituting the bag).
		Where the diplomatic bag is conveyed by the captain of a commercial aircraft or through consignment shipping, the mission shall send a staff member to complete the procedures for transfer,collection or despatch.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /data/laws/detail.php?id=304 (979 words)

	New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Inside Page
		Diplomatic courtesy requires that before a state appoints a new head of a diplomatic mission to represent it in another state, it must first ascertain whether the proposed appointee is acceptable to the receiving state.
		A diplomat or an official envoy accredited to a foreign government as the official resident representative of his/her own government; or an official appointed for a special, usually temporary, diplomatic assignment.
		This is a bag in which mail is sent to and from diplomatic/consular missions and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
	www.mfat.govt.nz /Glossary/0-glossary.php (0 words)

	diplomatic_bag - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
		In discussions of cryptography, the diplomatic bag is conventionally used as an example of the ultimate secure channel used to exchange keys, codebooks and other necessarily secret materials.
		In actual practice, diplomatic bags are indeed used for exactly this purpose.
		An illustration is the strenuous protest made by German diplomats in Poland in the late '20s when a cypher machine being shipped to the German Warsaw Embassy — a commercial version of the famous Enigma machine — was mistakenly not marked as protected baggage and was opened, under protest, by Polish Customs.
	www.thewordbook.com /diplomatic_bag (242 words)

	Straight Dope Staff Report: Is there such a thing as a diplomatic pouch?
		Section 27(3) says: "The diplomatic bag shall not be opened or detained." Section 27(4) says: "The packages constituting the diplomatic bag must bear visible external marks of their character and may contain only diplomatic documents or articles intended for official use." According to the U.
		This seal may be a lead seal that is attached to a tie that closes the bag, or a seal printed on the fabric of the diplomatic bag, or an ink seal impressed on the detachable tag." The department says that packages so marked are exempt from detention, inspection, or X-ray.
		A diplomatic bag might be disqualified if its contents were inappropriate, but experts agree a country can't inspect a bag to see what its contents are.
	www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mdiplomaticpouch.html (0 words)

	Alitalia - Diplomatic baggage
		Diplomatic baggage means a sealed bag, transported by a diplomatic courier, declared upon check-in.
		For this reason, the bag is not transported 'under Alitalia’s custody'.
		In the case of stowage in the plane’s hold, the courier must personally see to the transport of the diplomatic bag to and from the aircraft.
	www.alitalia.com /EN_EN/your_travel/baggage/special_baggage/diplomatic.htm (0 words)

	Diplomatic bag is used to bring in heroin \| Sierra Leone \| Africa And Indian Ocean \| International News \| News \| ...
		Diplomatic bag is used to bring in heroin
		Diplomatic bag is used to bring in heroin
		"Initially it would appear to have been part of the diplomatic bag from Freetown to London, but further investigation is needed to clarify this point," a Foreign Office spokesman said in London.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/30/wdrug30.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/10/30/ixworld.html (296 words)

	The Art Newspaper -- News
		Diplomatic bags are being used to smuggle antiquities, both in Afghanistan and elsewhere, according to the Dutch researcher Jos van Beurden.
		Professor Colin Renfrew has stated that diplomatic bags provide “an important route” for smuggling antiquities, and he has called for them to be used only for papers.
		The owner responded that “the diplomatic pouch is the safest way to get them out of the country”, adding that a Japanese diplomat had bought ten fl stone statues from him and an Italian diplomat two.
	www.theartnewspaper.com /article01.asp?id=552 (405 words)

	Schneier on Security: Prince Andrew Screened At Melbourne Airport
		Diplomats should be required to carry documents and laptop computers in a separate bag, with nothing else in them so they can pass through an xray device and not trigger anything.
		Diplomats would have to verify their identity with appropriate credentials (here's an actual case where face recognition software would be useful, due to the small database size), but wouldn't have to go through the same screening process.
		Diplomats need to be able to _smuggle_ sensitive information in, because without full access to sensitive information it is very hard for them to accurately and fully represent their home country.
	www.schneier.com /blog/archives/2005/10/prince_andrew_s.html (5297 words)

	Diplomatic Passport Application
		Frequently, an entrepreneur can be of more use to a foreign nation than a career diplomat, and a bright business-person can exchange his or her expertise for a sizeable influx of business interest.
		If a diplomatic passport is not granted it will usually be possible to at least obtain an ordinary passport of the country you represent.
		The part-time diplomat will be unlikely to receive a regular salary, although he or she might be entitled to limited pay and expenses.
	us-africa.tripod.com /diplomaticservices/apply.html (1829 words)

	International Law Commission - Summaries: Status of the Diplomatic Courier and the Diplomatic Bag not Accompanied by ...
		Status of the Diplomatic Courier and the Diplomatic Bag not Accompanied by Diplomatic Courier
		The Working Group tentatively identified the relevant issues relating to the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag and considered the extent to which these issues were covered by the conventions.
		Although the issues were formulated to apply to the “diplomatic” courier and the “diplomatic” bag as requested by the General Assembly, some members of the Working Group were of the view that the issues were also relevant to other couriers and bags and should eventually be extended to them as well.
	untreaty.un.org /ilc/summaries/9_5.htm (1078 words)

	BAGnewsNotes: Iraqistan/War On Islam
		While Ash was finding his legs as a war photographer for the NY Times, The BAG was practicing a visual analysis on the day-by-day images of the early period of the Iraq occupation.
		On the subject of the program itself, I know I was critical of the staging and the role of James Gandolfini. Having now watched the program on-line, I thought Gandolfini did a tasteful, warm and smartly inconspicuous job. There were a couple other elements to the production that were also interesting from a visual perspective.
		Digby's post on Monday helps recollect why Iraq's potential next leader was on The BAG's radar at the time. Of course, the other point this illustrates, as I've said before, is that: if you watch this administration long long enough, it all comes around again.
	bagnewsnotes.typepad.com /bagnews/in_a_picturewar_on_islam (0 words)

	Re: Diplomatic Bag (Please help)
		In Reply to: Diplomatic Bag (Please help) posted by Ashraf Abdullah on May 28, 19100 at 09:20:08:
		The question would not be 'in what cases a diplomatic bag may be opened', but 'may it be opened at all?'.
		A régime of exemption would not be suitable at all, since the actual régime for immunities and inviolability is in itself, 'sui generis'.
	www.ejil.org /forum/messages/136.html (670 words)

	The Daily Record - NEWS - EMBASSY BAG 'CARRIED POISON' - EMBASSY BAG 'CARRIED POISON'
		THE poison used to kill former spy Alexander Litvinenko was smuggled into Britain in a diplomatic bag, it was claimed last night.
		The diplomatic bags used by embassies cannot be searched by Customs or police.
		A Special Branch source said last night: "Officially sanctioned or not, it is possible the material used to kill him was brought in in an official diplomatic bag.
	www.dailyrecord.co.uk /news/tm_headline=embassy-bag--carried-poison--&method=full&objectid=18164730&siteid=66633-name_page.html (346 words)

	Venezuela criticizes U.S. over diplomatic bag spat - Boston.com
		The charge came a day after U.S. officials accused Venezuelan soldiers of illegally stopping and impounding a cargo protected by diplomatic protocol as it was transported from the international airport near Caracas to the embassy.
		The minister said only four packages out of 20 were considered diplomatic baggage covered by international protocol.
		Relations deteriorated earlier this year when Washington and Caracas earlier this year expelled diplomats in a dispute over charges that a U.S. naval attache was spying.
	www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2006/08/26/venezuela_criticizes_us_over_diplomatic_bag_spat?mode=PF (410 words)

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