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Persona non grata (
Latin,
plural:
personae non gratae, also abbreviated PNG), literally meaning "an unwelcome person," is a term used in
diplomacy with a specialised and legally defined meaning. The opposite of
persona non grata is
persona grata (for example, used as the title of a 1907 work by
Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky).
Diplomacy
Under the
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations Article 9, a receiving State may "at any time and without having to explain its decision" declare any member of a diplomatic staff
persona non grata. A person so declared ("PNG'd" in diplomatic and
espionage jargon) is considered unacceptable and is usually recalled to his or her home nation. If not recalled, the receiving State "may refuse to recognize the person concerned as a member of the mission."
While
diplomatic immunity protects mission staff from prosecution for violating civil and
criminal laws, depending on rank, under Articles 41 and 42 of the Vienna Convention, they're bound to respect national laws and regulations (amongst other issues). Breaches of these articles can lead to
persona non grata being used to 'punish' erring staff. It is also used to expel diplomats suspected of
espionage ("activities incompatible with their status"), or as a symbolic indicator of displeasure (for example the
Italian expulsion of the
Egyptian First Secretary in 1984). So-called "
tit-for-tat" exchanges have occurred, notably during the
Cold War. Notable recent occurrences include exchanges between the
United States and
Venezuela, the
United States and
Belarus, the
United Kingdom and
Russia (see
Anglo-Russian relations}, between
Russia and
Georgia.
The
Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 included the list of
150 personae non gratae of Turkey, which forbade the entry of mainly a group of former
Ottoman Empire officials and about 100 other persons to
Turkey, until the lifting of this status in 1938.
Kurt Waldheim, former
UN Secretary-General and former
President of Austria, and his wife were given
personae non grata status in many European nations and in the US when he was accused of having known about
Nazi war crimes and not having done anything about them.
Non-diplomatic usage
In non-diplomatic usage, calling someone
persona non grata is to say that he or she's
ostracized from a person or group, so as to be figuratively nonexistent.
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