Annual report

Europe
, 
Africa
, 
Asia
and 
the Americas
. Trainers were 
taught how to motivate others to seek positive 
change through humanitarian diplomacy, by 
harnessing the unique auxiliary role of National 
Societies. It is worth mentioning that the 
Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society
and 
the 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Red 
Cross 
engaged in in-depth legislative advocacy 
training to learn how to develop and implement 
their own advocacy strategies to strengthen 
their auxiliary role. Likewise, studies about the 
National Society auxiliary role were prepared by 
the IFRC Disaster Law programme for the 
Costa 
Rica
, 
El Salvador
, 
Guatemala
and 
Honduras 
National Societies
. These studies were used 
to update advocacy strategies to improve the 
National Societies legislative advocacy efforts 
and the defense of their auxiliary role with the 
States. Similar actions were taken in 
Uruguay
and 
Argentina
. Also in the Southern Cone, the 
Chilean Red Cross Society
legislative advocacy 
strategy and roadmap showcased actions on 
disaster risk management, and the recognition 
of the National Society in the National System 
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for Disaster Prevention and Response and the 
Disaster Risk Management Committee.
Much was done in terms of Humanitarian 
Diplomacy in 
Türkiye
. The main activi-
ties included continued coordination and 
discussions between the IFRC leadership and 
representatives of embassies, UN agencies and 
the World Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, 
and the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development. These discussions contributed to 
the exchange of relevant information about the 
political context, respective programmes and 
the overall situation of refugees in Türkiye.
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