Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Diplomatic Relations -- Introduction -- The establishment of diplomatic relations and of permanent diplomatic missions -- The conduct of diplomatic relations in the absence of a full diplomatic mission or when diplomatic relations have been severed -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- Organisation and functions -- Relations with its own missions -- Relations with foreign missions -- Relations with the Diplomatic Corps -- The Diplomatic Mission -- General observations and definitions -- The head of mission -- Administration and coordination -- Commercial and economics section -- Consular section -- Press, media and information section -- Service and specialist attachés -- Absence or indisposition of a head of mission -- Appointments, arrivals and departures -- The diplomat -- Protocol and Procedure -- Orders of precedence -- The Diplomatic List -- Correspondence and communication between diplomatic missions and the host government -- Demonstrations -- Flags -- Dress -- State ceremonies -- Official mourning -- Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities -- Privileges and immunities in respect of the mission and its functions -- Personal privileges and immunities -- Full privileges and immunities -- Limited privileges and immunities -- Consular Officers and Consular Posts -- The establishment of consular posts -- Consular functions -- Consular officers, consular employees and members of the service staff -- The appointment of consular officers -- Severance of consular relations -- Privileges, facilities and immunities -- Career consular officers and posts headed by them -- Honorary consular officers and posts headed by them -- The United Nations -- Purposes -- Principles -- The United Nations Charter -- The General Assembly -- The Security Council -- The Economic and Social Council -- The Trusteeship Council.

The International Court of Justice -- The Secretary-General and the Secretariat -- UN peace-keeping operations -- Intergovernmental agencies related to the United Nations (including Specialised Agencies) -- Subsidiary organisations -- International Organisations and Agreements outside the United Nations -- African Union -- Arab League/The League of Arab States -- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation -- Association of South-East Asian Nations -- Bank for International Settlements -- Black Sea Economic Cooperation -- Caribbean regional organisations -- Central American Common Market -- Central European Initiative -- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa -- The Commonweath -- The Commonwealth of Independent States -- Council of Europe -- Economic Cooperation Organization -- Eurasian Economic Community -- European Free Trade Association/European Economic Area -- European Union -- Free Trade Area of the Americas -- Gulf Cooperation Council -- GUUAM -- Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation -- Latin American economic organisations -- Maghreb Arab Union -- New Partnership for Africa's Development -- Nile Basin Initiative -- North American Free Trade Agreement -- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation -- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development -- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe -- Organization of American States -- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation -- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries -- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation -- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation -- South Pacific regional organisations -- Southern African Development Community -- Visegrád group -- West African inter-governmental economic groupings -- World Trade Organization -- International Law and Practice -- Definition and general principles -- Treaties and treaty-making.

Political asylum and the extradition of criminals -- Recognition of states and governments -- The extent of state sovereignty and jurisdiction -- Nationality -- Conferences -- Conference practice and procedure -- Conference management -- Conference diplomacy -- The Diplomat and the Media -- The television interview -- Appendices -- Entertaining -- Offering hospitality -- Accepting hospitality -- Saying 'Thank you' -- Introducing people -- Visiting cards -- Wines and liqueurs -- Non-alcoholic drinks -- International Abbreviations -- Islamic Festivals -- The Environment -- 1. The ozone layer -- 2. Global warming and the greenhouse effect -- 3. Biodiversity -- 4. The preservation of forests -- 5. Conclusion -- Glossary of Diplomatic, Consular, Legal and Economic Terms -- Nuclear Non-Proliferation -- Index.