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Ord. No. 17/70.

CONSULAR RELATIONS

(c) "head of consular post" means the person charged with th

of acting in that capacity;

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(d) "consular officer" means any person, including the head of a consular post, entrusted in that capacity with the exercise of consular functions;

(e) "consular employee” means any person employed in the adminis-

trative or technical service of a consular post;

(f) "member of the service staff" means any person employed in the

domestic service of a consular post;

(g) “members of the consular post" means consular officers, consular

employees and members of the service staff;

(h) "members of the consular staff" means consular officers, other than the head of a consular post, consular employees and mem- bers of the service staff;

(i) "member of the private staff" means a person who is employed exclusively in the private service of a member of the consular post;

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"consular premises" means the buildings or parts of buildings and the land ancillary thereto, irrespective of ownership, used exclu- sively for the purposes of the consular post;

(k) "consular archives" includes all the papers, documents, cor- respondence, books, films, tapes and registers of the consular post, together with the ciphers and codes, the card-indices and any article of furniture intended for their protection or safe- keeping.

2, Consular officers are of two categories, namely career consular officers and honorary consular officers. The provisions of Chapter II of the present Convention apply to consular posts headed by career consular officers; the provisions of Chapter III govern consular posts headed by honorary consular officers.

3. The particular status of members of the consular posts who are nationals or permanent residents of the receiving State is governed by Article 71 of the present Convention.

CHAPTER I.-CONSULAR Relations in General.

ARTICLE 5.

Consular functions.

Consular functions consist in:

(a) protecting in the receiving State the interests of the sending State and of its nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate, within the limits permitted by international law;

(b) furthering the development of commercial, economic, cultural and scientific relations between the sending State and the receiving State and otherwise promoting friendly relations between them in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention;

(c) ascertaining by all lawful means conditions and developments in the commercial, economic, cultural and scientific life of the receiv- ing State, reporting thereon to the Government of the sending State and giving information to persons interested;

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