Please contact: Marjorie L. Crowell
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INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOL:
The Assistant Provost for
International Affairs ensures that each international visit is
conducted with the appropriate etiquette and diplomacy so that our guests
feel welcomed by our University. With assistance from the International
Liaison Officer, the Associate Provost coordinates visits of high-level international delegations, including heads of state, government and senior academic
officials and faculty. When such contacts lead to negotiating formal linkage agreements
with foreign universities and institutions, including networks of
universities, the office supports UNC faculty and administration in drafting
and finalizing such agreements.
protocol, comes
from the Greek meaning "the first glue." Protocol can be seen as
the glue which holds official life together and makes it work.(1) Protocol
and etiquette, especially when dealing with international visitors, provide
ground rules and a framework that all the participants understand. It takes
only some very simple steps to ensure that you "do the right thing"
when it comes to hosting international visitors.
protocol, a
term referring to rules governing diplomatic conduct or to a variety of
written instruments. Examples of the latter are authenticated minutes of
international conferences; preliminary agreements, or statements of
principle, which eventuate in a formal treaty; and agreements that do not
require ratification. Sometimes the term protocol is applied to an
agreement that in all essentials of form or content is similar to a treaty;
an example of this was the Geneva Protocol approved by the Assembly of the
League of Nations in 1924, which branded aggressive war an international
crime. It provided that no signatory would engage in war with other
signatories who observed their international obligations. Diplomatic protocol
is the code of international courtesy governing the conduct of those in the diplomatic
service or otherwise engaged in international relations.
1. Protocol,
the Complete Handbook of Diplomatic Official and Social Usage, Mary Jane McCaffree
and Pauline Innis, Prenitce-Hall, New York, 1977.
See J. T. Shotwell, Plans and
Protocols to End War (1925); J. R. Wood, Diplomatic Ceremonial and
Protocol (1970); J. E. Lott, Practical Protocol: A Guide to
International Courtesies (1973); P. Kattenburg, Diplomatic Practices
(1980); M. McCaffree and P. Innes, Protocol (rev. ed. 1985). |