Dallas Protocol is a public-private partnership between the City of Dallas in the U.S. state of Texas and the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, established in March 2003. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth is a non-profit non-partisan international affairs organization based in Dallas Dallas Protocol works with the Office of the Mayor, City officials, the diplomatic corps and other international stakeholders to represent the City of Dallas in official international activities.
It is the responsibility of Dallas Protocol to oversee the City of Dallas' international visitors and dignitary relations as well as its Sister Cities program. Dallas has six sister cities and one friendship city:
- Brno, Czech Republic;
- Dijon, France;
- Monterrey, Mexico;
- Riga, Latvia;
- Saratov, Russia; and
- Taipei, Taiwan. Brno ( IPA:; Brünn is the second-largest City in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Dijon ( diʒɔ̃ is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or departement and of the Bourgogne region This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. This article is about the Mexican city for other uses see Monterrey (disambiguation. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Riga (Rīga riːga) the Capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of the river Daugava. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. History The Legend of Saratov Gelonus, a legendary Scythian city and the northernmost Greek colony may be conjectured to have been situated in the locality Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia.
- Sendai, Japan, is Dallas' friendship city. is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku (northeast region For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
Dallas Protocol is funded by the City of Dallas, the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth and corporate and individual sponsors.
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