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note verbale

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[nawt ver-bal] / nɔt vɛrˈbal /

noun

French.
  • notes verbales
    plural
  1. a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.


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Serbia's UN ambassador, Nemanja Stevanovic, provided a response on Dec. 31 in a "note verbale," a formal diplomatic communique.

From Reuters ● Jun. 3, 2022

Stevanovic, and Serbia's UN Mission, did not respond to a Reuters request to share the note verbale.

From Reuters ● Jun. 3, 2022

The WHO said at the time that Ethiopia's foreign affairs ministry had sent a diplomatic communication, called a note verbale.

From Reuters ● Jan. 24, 2022

The WHO said in an emailed response to Reuters request for comment that it was aware that Ethiopia's foreign affairs ministry had sent a diplomatic communication, called a note verbale.

From Reuters ● Jan. 15, 2022

The newspapers of this morning contain a semi-official press statement in regard to a note verbale handed by the Foreign Secretary to the Papal Nuncio at Berlin.

From Fighting For Peace by Henry Van Dyke

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