State Department cable concerning a meeting with the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) regarding the Global War on Terror. The cable states there was an informal meeting with ICRC officials to discuss military commissions and the treatment of detainees in Guantanamo. The first page of the cable is missing and the balance is heavily redacted.
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2. (U) AN ICRC DELEGATION VISITED THE U.S. MISSION IN GENEVA
ON MAY 21 TO TAKE PART IN AN INFORMAL MEETING ON ISSUES
RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, THE STATUS OF
DETAINEES, AND MILITARY COMMISSIONS. THE ICRC ATTENDEES WERE
MR. JEAN-PHILIPPE LAVOYER, HEAD OF THE LEGAL DIVISION; MS
ANNE RYNIKER, DEPUTY HEAD OF THE LEGAL DIVISION; MS CATHERINE
DEMAN, LEGAL ADVISER TO THE OPERATIONS, LEGAL DIVISION; MS
JELENA PEJIC, LEGAL ADVISER, LEGAL DIVISION; AND MR. GABOR
RONA, LEGAL ADVISER, LEGAL DIVISION. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
ATTENDEES WERE MR. EDWARD CUMMINGS, DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
ASSISTANT LEGAL ADVISER; MR. STEVE SOLOMON, U.S. MISSION
GENEVA, DEPUTY LEGAL ADVISER; MR. DAVID BOWKER, DEPARTMENT OF
STATE, ATTORNEY-ADVISER FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS; MR.
JAMES BURGER, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, OFFICE OF GENERAL
COUNSEL; COLONEL WALDO BROOKS, JOINT STAFF, OFFICE OF THE
CHAIRMAN'S LEGAL COUNSEL; AND LT. COLONEL WILLIAM LIETZAU,
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL. MR .
CUMMINGS AND MR. LAVOYER HEADED THEIR RESPECTIVE DELEGATIONS.
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