Confederate Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations

The Confederate Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations is the Seafaring ministry responsible for, and. It is headed by the Minister Universally Plenipotentiary of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, currently Lisa Molly Ävertsdotter from Dogger.

Responsibilities
The ministry has seven responsibilities:


 * to strengthen the


 * to promote security, stability, and to provide  and


 * to fight


 * to promote


 * to promote and ensure the welfare of Seafaring citizens abroad and to regulate the movement of persons between the Seafaring Confederation and foreign powers


 * to promote the image of the values and standards of the Seafaring Confederation internationally


 * to represent the Seafaring Confederation internationally.

Organisation
The ministry is led by the Minister Universally Plenipotentiary of Foreign Affairs and the Seafaring Confederation, with the State Secretary for Foreign Missions (Duàdhna a' Ròiggeal) overseeing specifically the Confederation's embassies, consulates-general, consulates and permanent representations.

The main ministerial building is Mission House in the Hamburg Harbour, with several annexes scattered across the city. The ministry employs approximately 9,500 people, including embassy staff abroad.

Ministry
The ministry consists of the top level, the and his two deputies, and ten directors-general, five per deputy, which manage the ten directorates-general, each one concerned with a specific aspect of foreign affairs and international relations.

The most important directorates-general are:


 * the Directorate-General for Securing and Maintaining Relations with Close Allies concerns itself with maintaining relations with the, the and the , the monarchs of which rule particular parts of the Seafaring Confederation in addition to their own main lands of rule


 * the Directorate-General for Political Affairs concerns itself with international politics, peace, security matters and international stability


 * the Directorate-General for International Cooperation concerns itself with, including economic development, the provision of education and providing international health services


 * the Directorate-General for Diplomatic Missions coordinates the Confederation's international diplomatic missions.

The ministry also houses one autonomous agency, the Seafaring Confederate Agency for the Promotion of the Confederation Internationally.

Diplomatic missions
Seafaring diplomatic missions are coordinated by the Directorate-General for Diplomatic Missions and the State Secretary for Diplomatic Missions. The Seafaring Confederation does not invoke diplomatic immunity on its ambassadors if they violate Articles 44 and/or 45 of the Constitution of the Seafaring Confederation.

These missions promote the interests of the Seafaring Confederation abroad. They include:


 * 136 embassies


 * 72 consulates-general


 * 7 permanent representations.