Geneva/Kabul (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, is in Afghanistan for a seven-day visit to get a first-hand look at the situation in the country.

Geneva / Dakar (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, is in the Senegalese capital Dakar to attend the 11th Islamic summit conference of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) taking place today and tomorrow.

Geneva/Tokyo (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, is in Tokyo for a four-day visit.

Geneva/Warsaw (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, is in Warsaw for talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radoslaw Sikorski, and the Secretary of State at the Ministry of National Defence, Czeslaw Piatas.

Geneva/Washington (ICRC) – The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, has completed a two-day visit to Washington, during which he held talks with senior government representatives.

Geneva/Washington (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, is in Washington for a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Deputy Secretary of Defence Gordon England, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, General Michael V. Hayden, the Director of the National Intelligence Agency, Admiral Michael McConnell, and senior officials.

Moscow (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, has completed a visit to Moscow during which he met the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, the Minister of Regional Development, Dmitry Kozak, and the Minister of the Interior, Rashid Nurgaliev.

Geneva/Moscow (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, is in Moscow this week for talks with members of the Russian government.

Geneva (ICRC) – Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has arrived in Addis Ababa for talks with the African Union (AU).

Geneva (ICRC) – Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has arrived in Stockholm for a two-day visit

Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mr Jakob Kellenberger, has arrived in New York where he will be meeting with the secretary-general of the United Nations, Mr Ban Ki-moon.

Geneva (ICRC) – Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has arrived in Lisbon for a one-day visit during which he will hold talks with the president of the Portuguese Republic, Professor Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, Mr Luis Filipe Marques Amado, and the Secretary of State for National Defense, Dr João Mira Gomes.

Khartoum/Geneva (ICRC) - Jakob Kellenberger, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), returns today from a five-day visit to the Sudan, which took place against a background of increasing violence and deteriorating security in many parts of Darfur.

On 1 February the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a day-long meeting, in cooperation with the ICRC on current issues relating to international humanitarian law.

Geneva (ICRC) – Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has arrived in Berlin for a one-day visit during which he will hold talks with German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Geneva (ICRC) - Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), is in Rome for talks with Italian president Giorgio Napolitano, Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, Defence Minister Arturo Parisi and Under-Secretary for Health Serafino Zucchelli.

Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, arrived in Israel today by road from Tyre in southern Lebanon after spending two days in that country. He will meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Defence Minister Amir Peretz.

Geneva (ICRC) – The text of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance was approved today by the recently established UN Human Rights Council.

Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the Republic of Nauru, Mr Ludwig Scotty, paid a visit today to the Geneva headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) where he met with the organization’s vice-president, Mr Jacques Forster, its delegate-general for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Reto Meister, and other ICRC staff.

Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mr Jakob Kellenberger, arrived in Paris today for talks with Mr Philippe Douste-Blazy, minister of foreign affairs, and Ms Michèle Alliot-Marie, minister of defence.

The 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent has amended the Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to incorporate the additional emblem of the red crystal, which now has the same status as the red cross and red crescent. In addition the participants to the International Conference requested that the ICRC and the International Federation recognize and admit the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PCRS) into the Movement.

Geneva/Washington DC (ICRC) – ICRC President completes talks with senior members of the US administration – deplores lack of progress on secret detention

Geneva (ICRC) – Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has arrived in Washington for talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor Steven Hadley, Deputy Secretary of Defence Gordon England and other senior officials.

Geneva (ICRC) – Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has arrived in Helsinki for a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with the president of the Republic of Finland, Ms Tarja Halonen, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja, and members of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee and the parliamentary human rights group.

Geneva (ICRC) – The director of operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Pierre Krähenbühl, has just ended a week-long visit to Israel and the occupied and autonomous Palestinian territories.

Geneva (ICRC) – Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has arrived in Azerbaijan for a two-day visit at the invitation of the Azerbaijani government.

Geneva (ICRC) – Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has arrived in Berlin for a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with German President Horst Köhler, Chancellor Angela Merkel, the ministers for foreign affairs, defence, and economic cooperation and development, and the parliamentary committee for human rights and humanitarian assistance.

Geneva/Kuwait (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, today concluded a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Geneva/Kuwait (ICRC) – Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has arrived in Abu Dhabi today for a visit during which he will hold talks with the highest authorities of the United Arab Emirates.

New Delhi/Geneva (ICRC) - The ICRC's Geneva-based Director of Operations, Pierre Krähenbühl is today completing a visit to New Delhi during which he held talks with the Foreign and Home Secretaries and representatives of the Defence Ministry.

Following the proposal presented by the governments of France, Spain and Switzerland to the Colombian government and FARC-EP on 13 December 2005, the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Colombia reiterates its willingness to support the search for ways of freeing the hostages, military personnel and police officers.

Geneva (ICRC) - The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, is in Vienna today for talks with the Austrian foreign minister, Ursula Plassnik.

Geneva/Islamabad (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, today met with the Pakistan's President Perez Musharraf in Rawalpindi.

Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, is travelling to Madrid today for two days of talks with Mr Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé, minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mr José Antonio Alonso Suárez, minister of the interior, and Mr Jesús Caldera Sánchez-Capitán, minister of labour and social affairs.

Geneva/Kampala (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, held talks in Kampala yesterday with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

Geneva (ICRC) – The vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jacques Forster, yesterday completed a visit to Ashgabat,Turkmenistan, where he met Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov and the foreign minister, Rashid Meredov.

Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, is in London today for an official visit during which he will have talks with Mr Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Gareth R. Thomas, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, and Mr Don Touhig, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence.

Geneva/Kuwait (ICRC) – Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), concluded a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia yesterday evening.

Geneva (ICRC) – Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has arrived in Riyadh today for an official visit during which he will hold talks with the crown prince, deputy prime minister and commander of the National Guard, the second deputy prime minister, minister of defence and aviation and inspector general, as well as other personalities from the government, the Shura Council and the Saudi Arabian Red Crescent Society.

Geneva (ICRC) – The vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jacques Forster, today completed a visit to Vientiane where he held a number of meetings with the Lao authorities.

Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, has arrived in Jakarta for talks with the Indonesian authorities.

Geneva/Washington (ICRC) - The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, today had talks in Washington with US president George Bush.

Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, will visit Washington on 14 and 15 February for talks on a range of humanitarian issues.

Geneva (ICRC) –Søren Jessen-Petersen, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Kosovo, and Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), today called for a resumption of direct dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on the issue of missing persons.

Moscow/Geneva (ICRC) – The director of operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Pierre Krähenbühl, had talks this week with the Russian authorities on ICRC activities in the Russian Federation, including the growing difficulties faced by the ICRC in carrying out visits to persons detained in relation with the situation in Chechnya and questions of access to Chechnya.

Geneva / Kuala Lumpur (ICRC) – On 16 and 17 October, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, attended the 10th session of the Islamic Summit Conference being held in Putrajaya, Malaysia.

Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) today signed a cooperation agreement.

Geneva (ICRC) – In the latest of a series of high-level exchanges between the two organizations, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mr Jakob Kellenberger, will be meeting the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan, in New York on the afternoon of 21 May.

The ICRC has called on governments to take strong action to prevent people from going missing as a result of armed conflict and internal violence.

A meeting of government experts on explosive remnants of war and anti-vehicle mines was held from 21 to 24 May in Geneva to discuss ways of addressing the humanitarian problems caused by these weapons.