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Nigeria since 1960 when she emerged on the global scene as an independent country has evolved a culture of having representation across the world in the categories of temporary and permanent missions. This she has been doing to give effect to her desire for rapid development and hegemonic role on the African continent. Within a space of twenty years and occasioned by the oil boom that visited the country, a kind of explosion took place in the number of diplomatic missions that she had. This increase necessarily brought about two noticeable major developments; inadequacy in the number of Foreign Service Personnel and the urge to open more missions for more global recognition. In the decades of the 1970s and 1980s, the high number of missions did not generate any debate as the strength of the national economy was capable of carrying the burden associated with the missions.  However, the advent of the Fourth Republic in 1999 has raised the profile of diplomatic missions in the diplomatic circles. The cry for a reduction in the number of missions is loud enough to generate discomfort in the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that prefers reducing the diplomatic staff strength. Another perspective exists that calls for the restructuring of the missions to achieve balance and give adequate recognition to the new dynamics in Nigeria's external relations. All these dimensions have invariably weakened the consensus necessary to propel the foreign policy to a higher level of delivery.  The thrust of this article is therefore an engagement of the contending views on Nigeria's diplomatic missions. It holds the view that the raging debate on what the country should do with her high number of diplomatic missions is unhelpful as it has the potential of sweeping crucial issues such as the development of a strategic vision for her foreign policy that derives from her location in the international system, the place foreign policy in governmental affairs, etc., that have produced discernible effects on the country's foreign policy under the carpet. This is the position taken in the article.

In the twenty first century, the nature of diplomacy has changed. The worldwide revolution in communications and globalisation, play a predominant role to this evolution of diplomacy. Diplomacy has progressed from the basic premise of state to state relations to incorporating a diverse range of non state actors. Consequently, the practice of public diplomacy now seeks state to public relations in an attempt to increase the attractiveness of a states national image, interests and relationships overseas. Diplomatic missions play a key role in public diplomacy. The purpose of diplomatic missions is to safeguard its countries national interest and administer its countries relationship with the hosting foreign country. As a result, it lies in the hands of overseas diplomats to attract and to influence a foreign audience. Diplomatic missions possess a number of ways in which they can fulfill this role. Based on the diverse range of activities initiated by the participating 35 diplomatic missions of the Windows to the World (WTTW), an embassy open day program organised by the ACT Government in 2013, it can be seen that diplomatic missions engaged in public diplomacy through a various range of activities including tours, gastronomy, arts, information booths and collaborative methods. Essentially their aim is to construct a positive impact on its relationship with the public. This paper found that a diplomatic mission engaged in public diplomacy through the promotion of cultural affairs, trade, issue>based advocacy or a combination of these options produce optimistic results with the wider public.

In the town of Drishtit during the Middle Age, among the noble families, there was also the Spani family, who was very well known. Out of this family emerged important figures whom Aleks Spani was noteworthy. In the field of his activity, Aleks Spani was very well known both for the diplomatic role and for the exercise of other important function's, of which we highlight his position as a mayor of the city of Novobërdë. Although we have not encountered so much information about Aleks Spani as a mayor of the city of Novobërdë, however it was proven that Aleks Spani was the mayor of the city we. After the fall of Novobërdë under the Ottoman dominance, the information we have for Aleks Spani refers to his diplomatic mission. Within this mission he had served as a mediator between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire.After the fall of Drishti under the Ottoman dominance, Aleks Spani with his family settled in Venice. The Spani family through marriage's had managed to connect with the familiar feudal families, like the Kastrioti one, because Pjetër Spani's wife, was the sister of Vojsava, mother of Scanderbeg, as well as with other familiar families of that time not only from the different parts of Albania but also wider. An example of this case, we got the marriage of Aleks Spani, who was married with Miliza, daughter of a Serbian despot, Gjergj Branković. However, members of the Spani family with their contribution managed to leave trace's not only in Drishtë but also beyond, as we have the case of Aleks Spani, and his descendant's, who although immigrated to Venice, played an important role in social trends or flows of that time.

In the town of Drishtit during the Middle Age, among the noble families, there was also the Spani family, who was very well known. Out of this family emerged important figures whom Aleks Spani was noteworthy. In the field of his activity, Aleks Spani was very well known both for the diplomatic role and for the exercise of other important function's, of which we highlight his position as a mayor of the city of Novobërdë. Although we have not encountered so much information about Aleks Spani as a mayor of the city of Novobërdë, however it was proven that Aleks Spani was the mayor of the city we. After the fall of Novobërdë under the Ottoman dominance, the information we have for Aleks Spani refers to his diplomatic mission. Within this mission, he had served as a mediator between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. After the fall of Drishti under the Ottoman dominance, Aleks Spani with his family settled in Venice. The Spani family through marriage's had managed to connect with the familiar feudal families, like the Kastrioti one, because Pjetër Spani's wife, was the sister of Vojsava, mother of Scanderbeg, as well as with other familiar families of that time not only from the different parts of Albania but also wider. An example of this case, we got the marriage of Aleks Spani, who was married with Miliza, daughter of a Serbian despot, Gjergj Branković. However, members of the Spani family with their contribution managed to leave trace's not only in Drishtë but also beyond, as we have the case of Aleks Spani, and his descendant's, who although immigrated to Venice, played an important role in social trends or flows of that time. Article visualizations:

Canada became the odd man out in the Western Hemisphere when it declared war on Germany on September 10, 1939. Other than the Caribbean colonies of the various European belligerents, Canada was the only American country to become an active participant in the European war. The decision to go to war had been freely made by Parliament, but it was clearly determined by Canada's historic ties as a member of the British Commonwealth. As the only independent belligerent in the Americas, Canada's position clearly was anomalous, and the makers of Canadian foreign policy had to go to considerable effort trying to overcome the problems Canada faced as a nation at war in a hemisphere trying to avoid war.