ICRC president visits the United States
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Geneva (ICRC) – Jakob Kellenberger,
president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), is expected in Washington for a three-day visit during which he will hold talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of
Defense Robert Gates and senior officials.
Talks will focus on detention-related matters as well as on the humanitarian situation and ICRC activities in some of the organization’s main areas of operations, such as Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan and Sudan’s Darfur region.
Mr Kellenberger will also stress the relevance of international humanitarian law in today’s conflicts and discuss ways to enhance its implementation.
For further information, please contact:
Vincent Lusser, ICRC Geneva, tel.
+41 22 730 24 26 or +41 79 217 32 64
Simon Schorno, ICRC Washington, tel.
+1 202 587 46 00 or +1 202 431 69 06
or visit our website: www.icrc.org
See also ICRC media contacts
This article on www.icrc.org
Talks will focus on detention-related matters as well as on the humanitarian situation and ICRC activities in some of the organization’s main areas of operations, such as Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan and Sudan’s Darfur region.
Mr Kellenberger will also stress the relevance of international humanitarian law in today’s conflicts and discuss ways to enhance its implementation.
For further information, please contact:
Vincent Lusser, ICRC Geneva, tel.
+41 22 730 24 26 or +41 79 217 32 64
Simon Schorno, ICRC Washington, tel.
+1 202 587 46 00 or +1 202 431 69 06
or visit our website: www.icrc.org
See also ICRC media contacts
This article on www.icrc.org
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