Protocol and etiquette Research Papers (original) (raw)

Essentially, etiquette, courtesy, good manners, and protocol are crucial tools which create the atmosphere needed in the activities of diplomatic missions, in the collaboration between sovereign partners, they contribute not only to the proper foreign manifestation of a state but especially to the quality of its relations to different foreign states.
A little history on the term etiquette, the etymology of the word was based on an interdiction imposed in the Versailles Park by the chief gardener at the court of French King Louis XIV (1638-1715) who ordered that inscriptions be planted asking for no trespassing on his newly planted lawns. But as the nobles kept ignoring the message, the gardener succeeded in receiving a royal decree which made these etiquettes mandatory. Since then the word entered the current use as referring to behavior according to norms.
What is etiquette? It simply means the rules of correct behavior or the code of polite behavior. Though a general description has a universal difference in application and process. The same rules don’t apply to everybody everywhere. What is good behavior for one group might not be so for another group.
Etiquette entails politeness and difference between individuals and groups of people. Be it among family members, social and business settings or even during diplomatic encounters. It is based on common courtesy rules that people acquire throughout their lives. Ideally, it should be introduced from early childhood and be carried forward all throughout the years. It includes among other features, proper ways of conduct, greetings, table manners, gallantry, and graciousness.
Further, some other actors have defined the term etiquette as referring to the formalism of individual relations no matter if the rapport is a hierarchical one or not OR as forming part of the larger domain of social behavior which often represents an outer ceremonial which can make someone glimmer but not shine. Since the true brilliance of a human being comes from the inside and not from the outside
As for Diplomacy, it is a skillful and insightful way of interacting with people. To this day, I don’t know anyone who has been able to define the word diplomacy as good as Sir Winston Churchill His famous quote always resonates in my ears as: “Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.”
Diplomatic etiquette is the complex of customaries, rules and habits, observed by government facilities, organizations, authorities, businessmen and others, who participate in external communication. In the case of special occasions such as a diplomatic parties, events, occasions or get together, there are variances of expected etiquette that have developed over time into protocols and thus religiously observed.
My work will attempt to highlight essential attributes of diplomatic party etiquette, observe relationships and determining factors around diplomatic party etiquette and more importantly reinforce the need for its religious observance amongst actors in the diplomatic space.