''Diplomatic License'' is 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 Mark Malloch Brown, chief of staff to former Secretary-General

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, 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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