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<p>The appointment of Heads of Mission, both Ambassadors and High Commissioners,
to the Court of St. James's is governed in international law by the Vienna Convention
on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR) 1961. Article 4(1) of the VCDR requires that the sending
State must ensure that agrément for the person it proposes to accredit as Head of
Mission has been granted by the receiving State, before that person may be permitted
by the receiving State to undertake the role. Under the VCDR a receiving State is
not obliged to give reasons to the sending State for refusal of agrément.</p><p>The
Foreign and Commonwealth Office reviews all requests for agrément from sending States.
On the recommendation of the Secretary of State, Her Majesty The Queen gives formal
approval of appointments and grants their credentials in a formal ceremony.</p>
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