Identifier
Created
Classification
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09GENEVA59
2009-01-23 15:11:00
UNCLASSIFIED
US Mission Geneva
Cable title:
ICRC PRESIDENT LAUDS EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON DETENTION
how-toO 231511Z JAN 09 FM USMISSION GENEVA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7905 INFO NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY SECDEF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
UNCLAS GENEVA 000059
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL PREF
SUBJECT: ICRC PRESIDENT LAUDS EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON DETENTION
ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger called Charge January 23
and told him that he had just given an interview to the BBC
in which the Executive Orders signed January 22 by President
Obama on detention, interrogation and Guantanamo had been
raised. Kellenberger said he had told the BBC that the
decisions were good news and that he particularly appreciated
the President's commitment to fight terrorism with
determination and still respect international humanitarian
law, human rights and human dignity. Kellenberger stated
that he was convinced of the central importance of this
message for many countries in the world. "To say I was
pleased is too weak a word," he concluded.
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