ICRC Press Release re: Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's meeting with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding detainees in Guantanamo Bay

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ICRC Press Release regarding a meeting between the President of the ICRC, Jakob Kellneberger and Colin L. Powell. It states that during Kellenberger's meeting with government officials, the ICRC president will review in particular the situation at the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. When Mr Kellenberger last visited Washington in May 2003, he asked the US authorities to institute due legal process and to implement other significant changes for the more than 600 detainees held at the facility."

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UNCLASSIFIED
PRESS UNIT
19. avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Switzerland

Phone. +41 22 734 6001 '.

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Fax: .. 41 22734 8280

PRESS RELEASE·
press.glla@icrc.org hltp:/twww.crc org
Press release No. 04/02
15 January 2004

United States: ICRC president to discuss detention with government officials
Geneva (ICRC) -The president of thelntemational Committee of the Red Cross (leRC). Jakob Kellenberger. has arrived in Washington for talks with Secretary of State. Colin Powell, National Security Adviser Dr Condoleezza Rice, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. Mr Kellenberger also plans to meet senior representatives of the American Red Cross.
During his meetings with government officials, the ICRe president will review in particular the situation at the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. When Mr Kellenberger last visited Washington in May 2003, he asked the US authorities to institute due legal process and to implement other significant changes for the more than 600 detainees held at the facility.
The talks will also cover the humanitarian situation and ICRC activities in Iraq, Israel, the occupied and autonomous Palestinian territories, and Afghanistan.
For more Information, plea.e contact
Amanda Williamson, leRC Washington, tal. ++1 20229394 30 or ++1 202431 6906
Florian Westphal, JeRC Geneva, tel. ++41227302930 or -41792173226
"ntone"a Notari, iCRC Geneva, tel. ++41 227302282 or -4179217 3280

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY: WILLIAM E LANDFAIR DATE/CASE 10: 02 NOV 2004 200303827

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005-000314

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