List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom
This is a list of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, excluding honorary consulates. The UK has one of the largest global networks of diplomatic missions. UK diplomatic missions to capitals of other Commonwealth of Nations member countries are known as High Commissions (headed by 'High Commissioners'). For three Commonwealth countries (namely India, Nigeria, and Pakistan), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) still uses the term "Deputy High Commission" for Consulates-General (headed by Deputy High Commissioners), although this terminology is being phased out.[1]
In 2004, the FCO carried out a review of the deployment of its diplomatic missions, and subsequently over a two-year period closed its missions in Nassau (in the Bahamas), Asunción (Paraguay), Dili (East Timor), Maseru (Lesotho), Mbabane (Swaziland), Antananarivo (Madagascar), Nuku'alofa (Tonga), Tarawa (Kiribati), and Port Vila (Vanuatu). Additionally several consulates and trade offices were also closed, including those in Fukuoka (Japan), Vientiane (Laos), Douala (Cameroon), Porto (Portugal), along with Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Stuttgart in Germany, and Phoenix, San Juan, and Dallas in the United States. Other consulates in Australia, Germany, France, Spain, New Zealand, and the US were downgraded and staffed by local personnel only.[2] In 2012, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced the opening of embassies in Liberia and Haiti, the re-opening of embassies in Laos, El Salvador, and Paraguay, and the opening of a Consulate-General in Recife (Brazil). He also said that by 2015, the UK would have opened up to eleven new embassies and eight new Consulates or Trade Offices.[3] In 2013, a UK government office was established in Seattle.[4] In 2014, all services at the former UK Consulate in Orlando were transferred to the nearby UK Consulate-General in Miami.[5] In 2015, the UK Consulate-General in Denver was reclassified as a UK Government Office.[6]
Africa
- Algeria
- Algiers (Embassy)
- Angola
- Luanda (Embassy)
- Botswana
- Gaborone (High Commission)
- Burundi
- Bujumbura (Embassy Liaison Office)
- Cameroon
- Yaoundé (High Commission)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Kinshasa (Embassy)
- Egypt
- Cairo (Embassy)
- Alexandria (Consulate-General)
- Eritrea
- Asmara (Embassy)
- Ethiopia
- Addis Ababa (Embassy)
- Gambia
- Banjul (Embassy)
- Ghana
- Accra (High Commission)
- Guinea
- Conakry (Embassy)
- Ivory Coast
- Abidjan (Embassy)
- Kenya
- Nairobi (High Commission)
- Liberia
- Monrovia (Embassy)
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Antananarivo (Embassy)
- Malawi
- Lilongwe (High Commission)
- Mali
- Bamako (Embassy Liaison Office)
- Mauritius
- Port Louis (High Commission)
- Morocco
- Rabat (Embassy)
- Casablanca (Consulate-General)
- Mozambique
- Maputo (High Commission)
- Namibia
- Windhoek (High Commission)
- Nigeria
- Abuja (High Commission)
- Lagos (Deputy High Commission)
- Kaduna (High Commission Liaison Office)
- Ibadan (Liaison Office)
- Port Harcourt (High Commission Liaison Office)
- Rwanda
- Kigali (High Commission)
- Senegal
- Dakar (Embassy)
- Seychelles
- Victoria (High Commission)
- Sierra Leone
- Freetown (High Commission)
- Somalia
- Mogadishu (Embassy)
- South Africa
- Pretoria (High Commission)
- Cape Town (Consulate-General)
- Johannesburg (Trade & Investment Office)
- South Sudan
- Juba (Embassy)
- Sudan
- Khartoum (Embassy)
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Tunis (Embassy)
- Uganda
- Kampala (High Commission)
- Zambia
- Lusaka (High Commission)
- Zimbabwe
- Harare (Embassy)
Americas
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires (Embassy)
- Barbados
- Bridgetown (High Commission)
- Belize
- Belmopan (High Commission)
- Bolivia
- La Paz (Embassy)
- Brazil
- Brasília (Embassy)
- Recife (Consulate-General)
- Rio de Janeiro (Consulate-General)
- São Paulo (Consulate-General)
- Porto Alegre (Commercial Office)
- Canada
- Ottawa (High Commission)
- Montreal (Consulate-General)
- Toronto (Consulate-General)
- Vancouver (Consulate-General)
- Chile
- Santiago (Embassy)
- Colombia
- Bogotá (Embassy)
- Costa Rica
- San José (Embassy)
- Cuba
- Havana (Embassy)
- Dominican Republic
- Santo Domingo (Embassy)
- Ecuador
- Quito (Embassy)
- El Salvador
- San Salvador (Embassy)
- Guatemala
- Guatemala City (Embassy)
- Guyana
- Georgetown (High Commission)
- Haiti
- Port-au-Prince (Embassy)
- Jamaica
- Kingston (High Commission)
- Mexico
- Mexico City (Embassy)
- Monterrey (Consulate)
- Panama
- Panama City (Embassy)
- Paraguay
- Asunción (Embassy)
- Peru
- Lima (Embassy)
- Saint Lucia
- Castries (High Commission)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Port of Spain (High Commission)
- United States
- Washington, D.C. (Embassy)
- Atlanta (Consulate-General)
- Boston (Consulate-General)
- Chicago (Consulate-General)
- Denver (UK government office)
- Houston (Consulate-General)
- Los Angeles (Consulate-General)
- Miami (Consulate-General)
- New York City (Consulate-General)
- San Francisco (Consulate-General)
- Seattle (UK government office)
- Uruguay
- Montevideo (Embassy)
- Venezuela
- Caracas (Embassy)
Asia
- Afghanistan
- Kabul (Embassy)
- Armenia
- Yerevan (Embassy)
- Azerbaijan
- Baku (Embassy)
- Bahrain
- Manama (Embassy)
- Bangladesh
- Brunei
- Bandar Seri Begawan (High Commission)
- Burma
- Yangon (Embassy)
- Cambodia
- Phnom Penh (Embassy)
- China
- Cyprus
- Nicosia (High Commission)
- Georgia
- Tbilisi (Embassy)
- India
- New Delhi (High Commission)
- Bangalore (Deputy High Commission Office)
- Chennai (Deputy High Commission)
- Kolkata (Deputy High Commission)
- Mumbai (Deputy High Commission)
- Hyderabad (Trade Office)
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Tehran (Embassy)
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Amman (Embassy)
- Kazakhstan
- North Korea
- Pyongyang (Embassy)
- South Korea
- Seoul (Embassy)
- Kuwait
- Kuwait City (Embassy)
- Kyrgyzstan
- Bishkek (Embassy)
- Laos
- Vientiane (Embassy)
- Lebanon
- Beirut (Embassy)
- Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur (High Commission)
- Mongolia
- Ulaanbaatar (Embassy)
- Nepal
- Kathmandu (Embassy)
- Oman
- Muscat (Embassy)
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Doha (Embassy)
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Singapore (High Commission)
- Sri Lanka
- Colombo (High Commission)
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Dushanbe (Embassy)
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ashgabat (Embassy)
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Tashkent (Embassy)
- Vietnam
- Hanoi (Embassy)
- Ho Chi Minh City (Consulate-General)
- Yemen
Europe
- Albania
- Tirana (Embassy)
- Austria
- Vienna (Embassy)
- Belarus
- Minsk (Embassy)
- Belgium
- Brussels (Embassy)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sarajevo (Embassy)
- Banja Luka (Embassy office)
- Bulgaria
- Sofia (Embassy)
- Croatia
- Zagreb (Embassy)
- Czech Republic
- Prague (Embassy)
- Denmark
- Copenhagen (Embassy)
- Estonia
- Tallinn (Embassy)
- Finland
- Helsinki (Embassy)
- France
- Germany
- Berlin (Embassy)
- Düsseldorf (Consulate-General)
- Munich (Consulate-General)
- Greece
- Athens (Embassy)
- Thessaloniki (Consulate)
- Heraklion (Consulate)
- Holy See
- Hungary
- Budapest (Embassy)
- Iceland
- Reykjavík (Embassy)
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kosovo
- Pristina (Embassy)
- Latvia
- Riga (Embassy)
- Lithuania
- Vilnius (Embassy)
- Luxembourg
- Luxembourg City (Embassy)
- Macedonia
- Skopje (Embassy)
- Malta
- Valletta (High Commission)
- Moldova
- Chișinău (Embassy)
- Montenegro
- Podgorica (Embassy)
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Oslo (Embassy)
- Poland
- Warsaw (Embassy)
- Portugal
- Romania
- Bucharest (Embassy)
- Russia
- Moscow (Embassy)
- Ekaterinburg (Consulate-General)
- Saint Petersburg (Consulate-General)
- Serbia
- Belgrade (Embassy)
- Slovakia
- Bratislava (Embassy)
- Slovenia
- Ljubljana (Embassy)
- Spain
- Madrid (Embassy)
- Barcelona (Consulate-General)
- Alicante (Consulate)
- Bilbao (Consulate)
- Málaga (Consulate)
- Palma (Consulate)
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Consulate)
- Ibiza (Consulate)
- Las Palmas (Consulate)
- Sweden
- Stockholm (Embassy)
- Switzerland
- Bern (Embassy)
- Ukraine
Oceania
- Australia
- Fiji
- Suva (High Commission)
- New Zealand
- Wellington (High Commission)
- Auckland (Consulate-General)
- Papua New Guinea
- Port Moresby (High Commission)
- Solomon Islands
- Honiara (High Commission)
Multilateral organisations
- Brussels (permanent representation to the European Union)
- Brussels (permanent representation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)
- Geneva (mission to the Office of the United Nations)
- Geneva (permanent representation to the Conference on Disarmament)
- The Hague (representation to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons)
- Manila (representation to the Asian Development Bank)
- Montreal (representation to the International Civil Aviation Organization)
- Nairobi (Mission to United Nations Human Settlements Programme)
- Nairobi (Mission to United Nations Environment Programme)
- New York City (delegation to the United Nations)
- Paris (delegations to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
- Paris (delegations to the UNESCO)
- Rome (representation to the United Nations specialized agencies: FAO, World Food Programme and International Fund for Agricultural Development)
- Strasbourg (permanent representative to the European Union)
- Strasbourg (delegation to the Council of Europe)
- Tunis (representation to the African Development Bank)
- Vienna (mission to the Office of the United Nations)
- Vienna (delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
- Washington (representation to the Inter-American Development Bank)
- Washington (delegations to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group)
Flags
The United Kingdom is one of the two countries, the other being Thailand, that uses diplomatic flags abroad. These special flags are flown on their embassy and consulate buildings. In addition, there is a flag in use for British consular vessels in international or foreign waters.
Flag | Use | Description |
---|---|---|
Flag used by British Embassies | A Union Flag defaced with the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom | |
Flag used by British High Commissions | High Commissions fly the Union Flag | |
Flag used by British Consulates and Consulates-general | A Union Jack defaced with the Royal Crown | |
Flag used by Consular officials onboard vessels | A blue ensign with the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom |
See also
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- List of heads of missions of the United Kingdom
- List of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom
Notes
References
- ↑ "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Definition of Missions Foreign & Commonwealth Office". Collections.europarchive.org. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090728024756/http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2004/12/17/close.htm. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2016. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ Strengthening Britain's diplomatic network in Latin America and the Caribbean, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 21 June 2012
- ↑ "United Kingdom sends consul to re-establish official Washington state presence - Puget Sound Business Journal". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ↑ "Changes to UK government representation in Orlando, Florida - News articles". GOV.UK. 2014-01-29. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ↑ "British Consulate General Chicago". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
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