From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…
A Brief Consular History
Consular Training Program
Annual Symposium
Washington, D.C.
December, 2013
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
Consular History Benchmarks
Century
Development
5th B.C.
- Greece posts citizens of host state as their representatives.
- Rome calls their elected leaders ‘consuls’ with creation of Roman Republic
Eighth
Twelfth
Sixteenth
Eighteenth
- Consular system in Asia
- Figure of today’s consuls in Europe
- Modern system of consulship begins to take form.
- First Career consuls in France
- Establishment of first Consular Corps (France)
- Great Britain establishes its consular service
- Consular system expanded around the world
- U.S.A. grades its Consular Corps, E.O. by President Theodore Roosevelt
- Havana Convention – codification and privileges of diplomatic agents
- Harvard Law Institute – codification and privileges of diplomatic agents
- Yugoslavia proposes priority for codification of international law, U.N.
General Assembly assigns petition to its Int’l Law Commission.
- U.N. General. Assembly requests convention on International Relations
- Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
- Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
- Consular Corps College Symposium – Consular Training
Nineteenth
Twentieth
1906
1928
1932
1949
1958
1961
1963
2013
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
A Consul is an official appointed by the government of one nation to look
after the welfare of its citizens and its commercial interests in another country.
Consular work has a long, varied and most interesting history as it has
evolved with a rich history of 2,524 years. Consuls date back to antiquity.
The institution of Honorary Consuls had been regulated by customary law for
centuries until Consular functions were defined and classified by the Vienna
Convention on Consular Relations in 1963.
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
- Ancient Rome
- Middle Ages
- Modern System of Consulships
- The United Nations and Consular Relations
- The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
- The 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
- Honorary Consuls and the 1963 Vienna Convention
- Role of the Honorary Consul in an Interconnected World
(The Netherlands, Iceland, Canada, Sri Lanka, Liechtenstein, Germany)
- International Perspectives of the Honorary Consul
- Concluding Remarks
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
Ancient Rome
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
Middle Ages
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
Modern System of Consulship
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
The United Nations and Consular Relations
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
1961 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
Honorary Consuls After the 1963 Vienna Convention
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
Role of the Honorary Consul in an Interconnected World
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
International Perspectives of the Honorary Consul
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
Concluding Remarks
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.
From 509 B.C. to 1963 and Beyond…A Brief Consular History
Concluding Remarks
Consular Corps College ● 2013 Symposium ● Washington, D.C.