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<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office follows a process of reviewing each State's
proposed appointee as Head of Mission to the United Kingdom in accordance with the
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR) 1961. The process is sufficiently
robust and no recent appraisal of its adequacy has therefore been required.</p><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 Article 4(1) of the VCDR. The Article
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 to undertake the role.</p><p>On the recommendation of the
Secretary of State, Her Majesty The Queen gives formal approval of Head of Mission
appointments.</p>
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