Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

aide-memoire

int'l law. a diplomatic document that a diplomatic agent leaves with the receiving state's department of foreign affairs on the occasion of a demarche the aide-memoire presents the receiving state with a precise record of the substance of the diplomatic agent's mission. it is typically written in an impersonal style, without mentioning either the addressee or the author. it appears on printed letterhead and is dated, but it is not signed, initialed, or embossed with a seal. see di;marche.