The following terms and phrases, whenever used herein, shall have the meanings assigned thereto:

 Regulations: Regulations of Diplomatic Jobs

Minister: Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ministry: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

General Court: The ministry's offices, branches, and offices in the kingdom.

Functions of the Corps:

Functions of the Diplomatic Corps (Attaché-Third Secretary-second secretary-First Secretary-adviser-Minister Plenipotentiary-Ambassador).

Host Nation:

The country where the headquarters of the mission is located.

Mission:

The embassy, or the permanent mission to international or regional organizations inside and outside the country, or the consulate, or the offices affiliated with the ministry abroad.

Head of Mission:

A person who is selected to work in this capacity

Deputy Head of Mission:

A person who is selected to work in this capacity

Member of the mission:

Anyone who works within the mission, including the head of the mission and their deputy.

Technical Attaché Office:

The technical office is affiliated with a government agency within the mission.

Attaché:

An employee of the government agency was selected to oversee the technical attachéoffice.

Council of the Corps: 

Council of the Diplomatic Corps

Member of the Corps:

An employee of the ministry who holds one of the jobs of the Corps.

Difficult cities to live:

Cities with a lower quality of life compared to Riyadh, measured based on political and economic conditions, health infrastructure, and entertainment, availability of consumer goods, housing and education services, climate conditions, and social environment.

High-living cities:

Cities with high living costs. The index of high living costs is measured based on the difference in lost purchasing power from living in those cities compared to living in Riyadh.

Family of a Diplomatic Staff Member:

Husband, wife, male children under the age of eighteen, and unmarried females.

Diplomatic Representation:

Sending a member of the Corps to work within the mission.

Basic Salary:

The monthly amount received by a diplomatic staff member according to the salary scale outlined in the salary, allowances, and benefits tables.

Housing Allowance:

The monthly amount that a member of the Corps receives to secure suitable housing for him inside the kingdom.

Transposition Allowance:

The monthly amount received by a member of the Corps for the purpose of moving to and from the place of work within the kingdom.

Transportation Allowance:

The monthly amount received by a member of the Corps for the purpose of moving to and from the place of work within the Host Nation.

Advantages of moving:

Benefits that are granted to a member of the Corps when moving to another state.

Diplomatic Representation Allowance:

The fixed monthly amount received by the member of the Corps assigned to represent the kingdom in the mission.

Additional Representation Allowance:

The monthly amount received by the head of the mission for representing the kingdom in another country in addition to the receiving state.

Living Difficulty Allowance:

The monthly amount that a member of the Corps receives is based on the index of the difficulty of living in the receiving city.

Accommodation Allowance:

The monthly amount received by a member of the Corps in order to secure housing within the city where the headquarters of the mission is located outside the kingdom.