Humanitarian Diplomacy Policy

Authors: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Date: 2009

Humanitarian diplomacy is persuading decision makers and opinion leaders to act, at all times, in the interests of vulnerable people, and with full respect for fundamental humanitarian principles.

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