text: Considerations to Achieve Unity of Effort
  3-159. InterAction was a key participant in the development of the 2005 Guidelines for Relations Between
  U.S. Armed Forces and Non-Governmental Humanitarian Organizations in Hostile or Potentially Hostile
  Environments (reprinted in JP 3-08). The Guidelines were developed by a working group consisting of
  military and civilian participants from interagency partners, the United States Institute for Peace, a
  consortium of U.S. NGOs, and the Army’s Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute. The Guidelines
  were endorsed by the director of the Joint Staff and disseminated to U.S. forces through the combatant
  commands. Although the endorsement was not directive in nature, the endorsement advised
  implementation of the Guidelines when possible.
  Note. In 2012, the DOS’s Office of the Coordinator for Stabilization and Reconstruction
  (formerly known as S/CRS) was replaced by the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations
  (known as CSO).
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  3-160. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement encompass two institutions and nearly
  200 national societies. The institutions are the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The ICRC is an impartial, neutral, and
  independent organization. Established in 1863, its exclusively humanitarian mission aims to protect the
  lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and
  coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent
  Movement in conflicts. It also endeavors to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening laws
  pertaining to human rights and universal humanitarian principles.
  Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross
  3-161. Seven fundamental principles bond together the national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,
  the ICRC, and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The principles
  ensure the continuity of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and its humanitarian
  work (see JP 3-08 for more information). These principles are—
  * Humanity.
  * Impartiality.
  * Neutrality.
  * Independence.
  * Voluntary service.
  * Unity.
  * Universality.
  The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Nongovernmental Organization Code of
  Conduct
  3-162. In the summer of 1994, the code of conduct for the ICRC and NGOs in disaster relief was
  developed. (See table 3-3 on page 3-28.) Eight of the world’s largest disaster response agencies agreed on
  this code. It represents the body of international standards for disaster response. Before then, no accepted
  body of professional standards existed to guide their work. Today, the international community uses the
  code of conduct to monitor its own standards of relief delivery and to encourage other agencies to set
  similar standards.