The Diplomatic Corps of the Blue Cross and Blue Crescent (DCBC) is a non-governmental humanitarian agency that is part of the Blue Cross and Blue Crescent movement, that provides outreach support coordinating humanitarian diplomacy activities and initiatives and establishing relationships with other countries. ‘Refusing to ignore countries in crisis’, we actively persuade decision makers to act at all times in the interests of vulnerable communities of countries less fortunate. Through activism, advocacy, negotiation, communication, formal agreements, and other measures, we mobilise the public, governmental support and resources, and facilitate effective partnerships with international and national organisations so we can respond to help vulnerable or at risk people of those countries in crisis.
The Diplomatic Corps’s fundamental objective as mandated by the International Movement is to work with its bilateral partner the Federation and its national societies to integrate the Diplomatic Corps model into an FBC National Society structure as a foriegn affairs office that will coordinate humanitarian diplomacy activities and initiatives, and will establish relationships with other FBC National Society delegations, organising diaspora chapters, and implementing out-reach projects assisting those national society delegations in other countries.
The Diplomatic Corps works in cooperation with the Committee (CBC) to organise and implement the CBC’s mission themed Envoy program ‘Help4Homeland’. Likewise it works with other bilateral partner component agencies that form the Blue Cross and Blue Crescent movement.
The Diplomatic Corps work respects the Movement’s fundamental principles, notably those of humanitarianism, volunteerism, moralism, transparency, impartiality, empowerment, sustainability, neutrality, benevolence and respect.
