The Ambassador
The ambassador has always been the center of attention in diplomacy, and rightly so. Only he has been explicitly accepted by the receiving country; only he has presented full powers to the head ofstate of the receiving country. Therefore, he is responsible to the government for his embassy's activities. He is also responsible to his own government, which has sent him as chief of its diplomatic operations to the host country. He performs mainly two functions, a political one and a man one.