Talk:Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

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The introductory paragraph of this section suggests that consular personnel operate out of embassies. While there are consular personnel in embassies, typically they have diplomatic status because their role is in support of the diplomatic relations between the two states. Consular personnel in the embassy perform consular protective services for their nationals, but they are also deemed essential to the conduct of diplomatic relations as they often engage the host government in diplomatic discussions pertaining to consular matters.

This international convention applies to consular offices and staff at posts that are not diplomatic posts, but are consular posts. Consular posts exist not to further diplomatic relations between two states but, as described in this first paragraph to protect the interests of nationals and to advance other interests of the sending state. These offices can come in a variety of forms. The two most common are posts headed by a consul, typically called a consulate, and those headed by a higher ranking officer, usually called consul-generals. Others consular posts may be headed by someone who is not a national of the sending state.

It is also possible that a state may not have a diplomatic representation in a country for whatever reason and may have only a consular post. This is the case for countries in the Commonwealth that are not fully sovereign such as Bermuda and many of the small islands in the Caribbean which are protectorates of the Dutch.

Because consular posts are not critical to facilitating relations between two states, personnel at consular posts have not been accorded the rights, privileges and immunities, deemed necessary to facilitate diplomatic relations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.157.239.79 (talk) 09:58, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

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