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I am very concerned by the threats of the kidnappers
Red Cross fears for hostages safety Mar 28, 2009
Indiscriminate attacks continue to leave dozens of people killed or injured on a daily basis despite improvements in the security situation in many parts of Iraq
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Reconstruction is extremely important to help the people of Gaza onto their feet again
Rebuilding Gaza will fail without peace Feb 26, 2009
The cumulative impact of armed conflict, high commodity prices, the economic and financial crisis, and environmental factors such as drought will hit the poorest and most vulnerable people particularly hard
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We continue to be in an intense dialogue with them with the aim of getting access to all people detained in the framework of the so-called war on terror
No Red Cross access to secret detainees Dec 10, 2005
Jakob Kellenberger (born October 19, 1944 in Heiden, Switzerland) is a former Swiss diplomat and the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Jakob Kellenberger was born in the Swiss canton of Appenzell in 1944.
Kellenberger studied French and Spanish literature at the University of Zurich. During his studies, he spent some time in Tours, France, and Grenada, Spain. He wrote his undergraduate dissertation on Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] and his doctoral thesis on the Spanish playwright Pedro Calderón de la Barca. He completed his studies with a doctorate in literature from the University of Zurich.