DOS Memo re: Preparation for Meeting with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger

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This memo is background information on International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger in preparation of a meeting with Sec. of State Powell.

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Non-legal Memo
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Tuesday, May 27, 2003
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https://www.thetorturedatabase.org/node/6259
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Wednesday, December 29, 2004
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UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED

Participants in RELEASED IN FULL
Secretary's Meeting with
Jacob Kellenberger
International Committee of the Red Cross

May 27, 2003

11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

U.S. Government ICRC
The Secretary President Kellenberger
A/S Arthur E. Dewey Christophe Girod; ICRC
LA William Taft Washington Head of
PRM Notetaker Carrie Santos Delegation
S Staff Jean-Luc Blondel, Special
Assistant to the
President
Frank Sieverts, ICRC
• Washington Assistant to
the Head of Delegation

UNCLASSIFIED

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY: CHARLES E LAHIGUERA UNCLASSIFIED
DOS-001335
DATE/CASE ID: 03 DEC 2004 200303827

UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED

RELEASED IN FULL
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
JAKOB KELLENBERGER
ICRC PRESIDENT

Jakob Kellenberger (Switzerland) assumed the Presidency of
the International Committee of the Red Cross on January 1,
2000. He replaced Cornelio Sommaruga. At the time of his
election, he held the position as Secretary of State for .
Foreign Affairs (one of the highest career positions in
Switzerland's Federal Department of Foreign Affairs).
Since taking office, Kellenberger has traveled extensively,
including an official visit to Washington in November 2001,
when he met with Secretary Powell. In 2002, Kellenberger
completed a major restructuring of top management in ICRC
headquarters.

Mr. Kellenberger was born in 1944 in Heiden, in the Canton
of Appenzell, in Switzerland. He studied at the University
of Zurich and received a doctorate degree in law. He
entered the Swiss Diplomatic Service in 1974. Between 1975
and 1984, he was posted to the Swiss Embassies in Madrid,
Brussels, and London. He returned to the Department of
Foreign Affairs in 1984 as head of the Office of European
Integration. He received the rank of Ambassador in 1988.
In 1992, he was promoted to Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs and Political Director. Mr. Kellenberger was the
principal negotiator for the bilateral, sectorial
agreements between Switzerland and the European

. Community/Union between 1989 and 1998.

He is married to Elisabeth Kellenberger-Jossi. They have
two daughters, Eleonore and Christina.

May 2003

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY: CHARLES E LAHIGUEtucLgasTebASSIFIED DOS-001336 DATE/CASE ID: 03 DEC 2004 200303827•

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