3.2.6 Staff members on a diplomatic posting

All staff members (except locally employed staff) are considered to be on a diplomatic posting by the sending state. This includes staff members who have been recruited in the sending states and who are nationals of the sending state or third country nationals. The mission concerned bears the full financial responsibility for these staff members and their families, including health insurance.

Recruitment of third country nationals as mission staff must be confirmed in a note to the Protocol Department from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the sending state.