''Diplomatic License'' was a weekly

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news program covering the

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which ran from 1994 to 2006. The show takes its name from the legal concept of

diplomatic immunity Diplomatic immunity is a principle of international law by which certain foreign government officials are recognized as having legal immunity from the jurisdiction of another country.

. It was hosted by Richard Roth, CNN's UN correspondent and executive produced by Liz Neisloss. The program featured interviews with UN insiders such as

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, chief of staff to former Secretary-General

Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan (; 8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founde ...

, as well as with Annan himself. Additionally, the program featured debates among a rotating panel of journalists covering the UN and international diplomacy, moderated by Roth. The program was filmed in

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due to the location of

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