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[[File:Federation Embassy on Beta Aquillia IV.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Federation Embassy on Beta Aquillia IV]]

A permanent diplomatic mission is typically known as an [[embassy]], and the person in charge of the mission is known as an [[ambassador]]. The term "embassy" is often used to refer to the building or compound housing an ambassador's offices and staff. Technically, however, "embassy" refers to the diplomatic delegation itself, while the office building in which they work is known as a chancery.

Ambassadors can reside within or outside of the chancery. Ambassadors residing outside of the chancery retain special protection from the host country's security forces and the ambassadorial residences enjoy the same rights as missions.

A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an  inter-governmental organization (such as the [[United Federation of Planets]]) present in another state to represent the sending state/organization in the receiving state. In practice, a diplomatic mission usually denotes the permanent mission, namely the office of a country's diplomatic representatives in the capital city of another state. As well as being a diplomatic mission to the country in which it is situated, it may also be a non-resident permanent mission to one or more other countries. There are thus resident and non-resident embassies.

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