Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral declarative political act of a state that acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state. Recognition ca
An allegorical painting depicting the recognition of the independence of the Empire of Brazil: British diplomat Sir Charles Stuart presents his credentials to Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, who is flanked by Empress Maria Leopoldina, Princess Maria da Glória (the future Queen Maria II of Portugal), and court dignitaries. At right, a winged figure representing History inscribes the "great event" on a stone tablet.
Diplomacy is the communication by representatives of state, intergovernmental, or non-governmental institutions intended to influence events in the international system.
Diplomatic recognition
…for instance, in the case of Rhodesia in 1965. Withdrawal of recognition of a government is a more severe act of disapproval than the breaking of diplomatic relations. Besides recognizing other states, states also can recognize the governments of states. This can be problematic particularly when a new government comes…
The headquarters of the United Nations in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), Franklin D. Roosevelt (President of the United States) and Joseph Stalin (General Secretary of the Soviet Union) at the Yalta Conference, 1945
Ger van Elk, Symmetry of Diplomacy, 1975, Groninger Museum
The Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty, between the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt and the Hittite Empire of Anatolia