Contemporary Diplomatic and Consular Relations

1. Contemporary Diplomatic and Consular Relations

CONTEMPORARY DIPLOMATIC
AND CONSULAR RELATIONS
A collective monograph edited by Professor P. Naskou-Perraki

2. Paraskevi Naskou-Perraki: Scholar, Professor, Judge

PAR ASK E V I NASKOU - P E R R AKI :
SCH OL AR , PROFE SSOR , J UDGE
Born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Studied law at the Law School of Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki.
Earned her PhD in Public International Law
from the Democritus University of Thrace.

3. Teaching Mission

TEACHING MISSION
Total teaching experience spans approximately 40
years.
Founder and Director of the UNESCO Chair on
Inter-cultural Policy.
Visiting Professor at Capital University Law
School (Columbus, Ohio).
Lecturer at the European Master's in Human
Rights (Venice), World Trade Institute (Bern).

4. Research Work and International Recognition

R E SE AR CH WOR K AND
I NT E R NATI ONAL
R E COG NIT ION
Representative of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
EU-China and EU-Iran human rights dialogues.
Secretary General of the Center of International and
European Economic Law (CIEEL)
Honorary Doctorate (2003) from Neofit Rilsky
University (Bulgaria).
Several scientific works:
"Hellenic Review of European Law".
"Refugee and Alien Law Annual".

5. Contemporary Diplomatic and Consular Relations

CONT E MPOR ARY
DI PL OMAT I C AND
CONSUL AR R E L ATI ONS
A Collective Monograph Edited by
Professor P. Naskou-Perraki
Book Content:
From the Congress of Vienna (1815) to the UN.
Analysis of the 1961 and 1963 Vienna Convention
Diplomacy of international organizations and the EU.
New types of 21st century diplomacy.

6. questions

QUESTIONS
1. What PHD did Professor P. Naskou-Perraki earned?
2. Name the international organization she worked for.
3. What did she do besides teaching?

7. dictionary

DICTIONARY
Ad hoc (mission, committee) – временный/разовый
• «The Greek diplomats "πρεσβεις" (elderly men) were members of ad hoc missions sent by one Greek state to another».
• The ad hoc committee will meet next week.
Eurocentric – европоцентричный, сосредоточенный на Европе
• «With the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815, the Eurocentric international system entered a new phase».
• She argues that, in Britain, most research has been carried out by white researchers whose approaches have been eurocentric.
Functionaries – чиновники
• «New institutions, new functions, and functionaries have been introduced».
• Federal functionaries and party cadres are also involved in shaping regional politics, not on an ad hoc basis, but on a permanent
one.
Inviolability – неприкосновенность
• «The inviolability of the resident embassy was a different matter and was achieved gradually».
• Both sides agreed to respect the inviolability of their joint border.
Resident Embassy - Посольство с постоянным пребыванием
• «Such developments had undermined the position of the Residence Embassy».
• In 1973, the Philippines opened its resident embassy in Vienna.

8. dictionary

DICTIONARY
Indigenous people – Коренные народы
• «Economic might, together with spectacular achievements in military and industrial technology, enabled the Europeans to better
promote their commercial and strategic interests in other parts of the world and impose their will on indigenous people».
• Indigenous Peoples are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment.
Interwar years – Межвоенные годы
• «However, the spirit of cooperation that emerged from almost universal participation in the League... was not shared by the
authoritarian regimes of the interwar years, Communist Russia and Nazi Germany».
• The interwar years saw a rise in nationalism in Europe.
Multilateral diplomacy - Многосторонняя дипломатия
• «Multilateral diplomacy received a major boost with the establishment of the League of Nations in 1920».
• Multilateral diplomacy refers to a state's efforts to achieve national interests through collective forums
Precedence – старшинство, приоритет
«A problem that states and diplomats had to tackle up to the beginning of the nineteenth century was precedence, i.e., the ranking of
the diplomatic representatives in state functions».
• The order of precedence for titled nobility in Britain is duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron.

9. dictionary

DICTIONARY
Truce – Перемирие
«For instance, a truce had to be negotiated so that rival parties could collect their dead and injured».
The fragile truce between the two sides is not expected to last long.
Backward diplomacy – "Закулисная" дипломатия; Shuttle diplomacy – Челночная дипломатия
«In some cases, and depending on the political context, other types of diplomacy are also present in diplomatic practice, such
as... "backward diplomacy" or "shuttle diplomacy," which the United States initiated in the 1970s in an attempt to resolve the
Middle East crisis».
Pyongyang and Washington are involved in what may be termed backward diplomacy
Whenever summits are held, the chairman country is responsible for shuttle diplomacy.
Bilateral conventions – Двусторонние конвенции/договоры
«In addition to multilateral treaties with broad participation concerning various aspects of diplomatic law, states are free to
negotiate bilateral conventions regarding their mutual diplomatic relations».
Bilateral and multilateral relations offer forums for inter-State cooperation through arrangements and more formal and binding
agreements.
To placate – умиротворять
«Therefore, it frequently tried to placate rather than confront them».
Outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises of future improvements.