vienna convention on diplomatic relations article 41

Immediately reconvene Parliament” US urges Sri Lankan President (NDTV) In addition to the Vienna Convention, Article 2.7 of the Charter of the United Nations also provides that – “Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state” (how many instances of Western envoys & Indian envoys did as they liked in Sri Lanka? All official business with the receiving State entrusted to the mission by the sending State shall be conducted with or through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or such other Ministry as may be agreed. They also have a duty not to interfere in the internal affairs of that StateĪrticle 41 – 2. Without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all persons enjoying such privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State.

If Western diplomats are breaching the very rules that they have created they might as well remove them altogether.Īrticle 4I – I. If so the US, UK, EU, Canada, Indian envoys are all breaching diplomatic protocols with their regular demarches against the Sri Lankan Government issuing statements & visiting Sri Lankan political parties, their leaders, local NGO heads, local media etc and often dictating how they should function. The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961) Article 41 clearly states that diplomats cannot interfere into the internal affairs in the receiving country and such interference is construed as a violation of diplomatic protocol.

Vienna convention on diplomatic relations article 41