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United Kingdom Overseas Representation: Honours

Volume 445: debated on Wednesday 23 November 1983

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asked Her Majesty's Government:

  • (i) in which Foreign and Commonwealth States (22 out of 125) Her Majesty's Envoys are Knights or Dames;
  • (ii) which States (103) have not been so honoured; and
  • (iii) which States (31) are those in which the United Kingdom has no resident representative at all.
  • The following is the information required.

    (i)Foreign and Commonwealth States where Her Majesty's Envoys are Knights or Dames

    Foreign

    Commonwealth

    BrazilAustralia
    ChinaCanada
    EgyptIndia
    FranceKenya
    Germany (FR)New Zealand
    Holy SeePakistan
    ItalySingapore
    JapanSri Lanka
    Saudi Arabia
    Soviet Union(Total of 8)
    Spain
    Sweden
    Tunisia
    United States

    (ii) Foreign and Commonwealth States where Her Majesty's Envoys are not Knights or Dames.

    Foreign

    AlgeriaLibya
    AngolaLuxembourg
    AustriaMadagascar
    BahrainMexico
    BelguimMongolia
    BoliviaMorocco
    BulgariaMozambique
    BurmaNepal
    CameroonNetherlands
    ChileNorway
    ColombiaOman
    Costa RicaPanama
    CubaParaguay
    CzechoslovakiaPeru
    DenmarkPhilippines
    Dominican RepublicPoland
    EcuadorPortugal
    EthiopiaQatar
    FinlandRomania
    GabonSenegal
    Germany (DR)Somalia
    GreeceSouth Africa
    HondurasSudan
    HungarySwitzerland
    IcelandSyria
    IndonesiaThailand
    IraqTurkey
    Irish RepublicUnitedArab Emirates
    IsraelUruguay
    Ivory CoastVenezuela
    JordanVietnam
    KoreaYemen (North)
    KuwaitYemen (South)
    LaosYugoslavia
    LebanonZaire
    Liberia(Total of 71)

    Commonwealth

    BahamasMalta
    BangladeshMauritius
    BarbadosNigeria
    BelizePapua New Guinea
    BotswanaSeychelles
    BruneiSierra Leone
    CyprusSolomon Islands
    FijiSwaziland
    GambiaTanzania
    GhanaTonga
    GuyanaTrinidad and Tobago
    JamaicaUganda
    KiribatiVanuatu
    LesothoZambia
    MalawiZimbabwe
    Malaysia(Total of 31)

    Note: The grand total is 102, not 103, as the answer to this part of the question must exclude Chad, which is included in the answer to part (iii).

    (iii)Foreign and Commonwealth States where Her Majesty's Envoys do not reside

    Foreign

    BeninHaiti
    BurundiMali
    Cape VerdeMauritania
    Central African RepublicNicaragua
    ChadNiger
    CongoRwanda
    DjiboutiSao Tome and Principe
    El SalvadorSuriname
    Equatorial GuineaTogo
    GuineaUpper Volta
    Guinea-Bissau(Total of 21)

    Commonwealth

    Antigua and BarbudaSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
    Dominica
    GrenadaTuvalu
    MaldivesSaint Christopher and Nevis
    NauruWestern Samoa
    Saint Lucia(Total of 10)
    Grand Total=31