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Indiplomacy, anattaché (French pronunciation:[ataʃe]ⓘ) is a person who is assigned ("to be attached") to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency.[citation needed] Although aloanword fromFrench, in English the word is not modified according togender.[1][2]
An attaché is normally an official, who serves either as adiplomat or as a member of the support staff, under the authority of anambassador or other head of adiplomatic mission, mostly inintergovernmental organizations orinternational non-governmental organisations or agencies. Attachés monitor various issues related to their area of specialty (see examples below) that may require some action. To this end, attachés may undertake the planning for events to be attended, decisions which will be taken, managing arrangements and agendas, conducting research, and acting as a representative of the interests of their state when necessary, to the types of organizations mentioned above, and also tonational academies and to industry.
Sometimes an attaché has special responsibilities or expertise. Examples include acultural attaché, customs attaché, police officer attaché, labor attaché, legal attaché, liaison officer attaché,military/defense attaché,press attaché,agricultural attaché, commercial attaché, maritime attaché andscience attaché.
Typically, a military attaché serves on the diplomatic staff of an embassy or consulate while retaining a military commission.
A science attaché advises on issues pertaining to science and technology.[3]
A health attaché advises on global health issues and may serve multiple functions.[4][5] A "diplomat who collects, analyzes, and acts on information concerning health in a foreign country or countries and provides critical links between public health and foreign affairs stakeholders."[6]Earlier known more asMedical Attaché. Health attaches are the missing link for global diplomacy.[7]
The title is also used in reference to diplomacy and in the hierarchical administration of theCatholic Church, specifically in theRoman Curia, in cases where a priest, usually in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See or else released for service to theHoly See, serves in anunciature in a given country or to an international orintergovernmental organization. Especially in the latter cases, the official often provides a particular expertise in the service of the Church, thus, legal or otherwise.
Definition of attaché from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press."Attachée" is not listed, either as an alternate form underattaché or as a separate entry.
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