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Jakob Kellenberger
Information about this person was last updated on Sunday, January 13, 2013.
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[-writes]: I can understand that worries about security in a country like Israel are especially big,
swissinfo 18-NOV-12
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[-told]: I never considered that the emblem of the Red Cross was the main protection for our missions,
swissinfo 29-JUN-12
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[ said]: I have seen far too many situations where civilians are targeted, because of a lack of effort to distinguish between civilians and combatants. This is a widespread problem,
swissinfo 29-JUN-12
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[ replied]: I have always said the maximum I can, but while doing the minimum amount of harm to our work in the field,
swissinfo 29-JUN-12
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[points out:]: there is a big difference between being on the ground and doing something, and talking and organising debates
swissinfo 29-JUN-12
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[-said]: I do continue to strongly believe that in the long-run confidentiality as a tool remains extremely important to have access to detainees but also to have access to certain regions,
iol 26-JUN-12
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[ said]: In Syria, even now, together with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), we are still the only international organisation working on the ground in connection with the fighting,
dailytimesPK 26-JUN-12
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[ said]: It was imperative that we mount a flexible, rapid and relevant response in a range of complex situations over the year. When the crisis erupted in Libya, we had staff on the spot within days,
redCross 25-JUN-12
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[ said]: The ICRC's efforts to provide medical and health care for the wounded and the sick – benefiting some 6.8 million people around the world, including in Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria and Libya – were stepped up in 2011,
redCross 25-JUN-12
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[ said]: You do remember that last year, we were the largest actor and were able to build up a food pipeline, distributing food to more than one million persons,
globalsecurity 25-JUN-12
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[-said]: The will remains very strong to have access,
trust 25-JUN-12
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[-said]: Would a U.N. organization be ready for security reasons to work on the ground in this context? There is a big difference between giving responsibility to somebody else to carry out humanitarian work and being engaged yourself in humanitarian work,
news 25-JUN-12
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[-told]: I have one regret,
nowlebanon 25-JUN-12
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[-said]: In order to go to a place in a situation like it is now, it's important to have an unambiguous agreement of all those concerned in the violence so that you can do your job,
nowlebanon 25-JUN-12
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[-said]: Would a U.N. organisation be ready for security reasons to work on the ground in this context? There is a big difference between giving responsibility to somebody else to carry out humanitarian work and being engaged yourself in humanitarian work,
trust 25-JUN-12
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[-said]: There are real security concerns -- booby traps and other things,
news 25-JUN-12
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[ said]: Throughout 2011, the value of our impartial, neutral and independent approach was put to the test. However, I remain convinced that the principled approach we have adopted and the relevance of our humanitarian activities are still indispensable elements in ensuring access to people most in need,
xinhuanet_en 25-JUN-12
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[-said]: In Syria, even now, together with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, we are still the only international organization working on the ground in connection with the fighting,
xinhuanet_en 25-JUN-12
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[ said]: Throughout 2011, the value of our impartial, neutral and independent approach was put to the test. However, I remain convinced that the principled approach we have adopted and the relevance of our humanitarian activities are still indispensable elements in ensuring access to people most in need
redCross 25-JUN-12
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[-said]: If you visit a detention center, you want to have talks without witnesses, with any person you would like to have talks without witnesses. And any person who would like to have talks with you without witnesses should also be allowed to have talks without witnesses.
globalsecurity 09-MAY-12
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[ said]: Many people are still struggling just to make it through the day,
trust 08-MAY-12
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[ said]: Tens of thousands of men, women and children are still displaced,
trust 08-MAY-12
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[ said]: The ICRC will also continue to assist Syrians who have fled to neighbouring countries,
trust 08-MAY-12
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[ said]: I really hope that the UN observers will deploy rapidly, not only in Damascus but in other places,
nowlebanon 08-MAY-12
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[-said]: If it works we will gradually get a better view.
dailystar 08-MAY-12
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[-said]: We will try and see how it works in Aleppo, we are fighting step-by-step to have access to detention centres. This will be a further step, I think an important step,
dailystar 08-MAY-12
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[-told]: It can be a situation of internal armed conflict in certain areas: an example was the fighting in Baba Amr in Homs in February,
dailystar 08-MAY-12
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[-told]: The number of people who have very basic needs in terms of food and non-food items has increased very much. It is not only consequences of fighting, it partly has to do with isolation of country through sanctions,
dailystar 08-MAY-12
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[-said]: We will try and see how it works in Aleppo, we are fighting step-by-step to have access to detention centers. This will be a further step, I think an important step,
reuters 08-MAY-12
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[-told]: It can be a situation of internal armed conflict in certain areas, an example was the fighting in Baba Amr in Homs in February,
thestar 08-MAY-12
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[-told]: I really hope that the U.N. observers will deploy rapidly, not only in Damascus, rapidly in different places,
thestar 08-MAY-12
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[-told]: The type of the violence has changed a little bit,
AP 08-MAY-12
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[-said]: Our priority is to improve living conditions and to restore public services for up to 1.5 million people affected by the fighting,
AP 08-MAY-12
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[-also said]: Many people are still struggling just to make it through the day.
CBSnews 08-MAY-12
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[-told]: At least in recent weeks, you have no longer these big battles like one had in Homs in the second half of February,
CBSnews 08-MAY-12
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[ said]: I really hope that the U.N. observers will deploy rapidly, not only in Damascus but in other places,
naharnet 08-MAY-12
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[ said]: Whenever we feel that there's an urgent need for humanitarian work and we cannot do it because of the intensity of the fighting we will ask for a humanitarian pause,
naharnet 08-MAY-12
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[-told]: It can be a situation of internal armed conflict in certain areas: an example was the fighting in Baba Amro in Homs in February,
alertnet 08-MAY-12
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[-said]: It is encouraging that our dialogue with both the authorities and the opposition is paying off. In particular, we managed to secure a humanitarian pause in the violence for the first time almost two weeks ago in Douma, near Damascus, for two consecutive days,
xinhuanet_en 08-MAY-12
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[-told]: It can be a situation of internal armed conflict in certain areas: an example was the fighting in [the neighbourhood of] Bab Amr in Homs in February,
aljazeera 08-MAY-12
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[-told]: I place great hope in the six-point plan of Kofi Annan, which includes the U.N. mission tasked with monitoring the ceasefire,
alarabiya 30-APR-12
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[-told]: That's why it's especially important for this mission to expand quickly,
AP 29-APR-12
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[-told]: I place great hope in the six-point plan of Kofi Annan, which includes the UN mission tasked with monitoring the ceasefire,
channelnewsasia 29-APR-12
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[said:]: This means that we will have to rapidly build up our human resources and logistical capacity in Syria.
myjoyonline 06-APR-12
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[ said]: This agreement is a sign of trust in the ICRC's independent and neutral humanitarian action,
reliefweb 05-APR-12
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[ said]: This means that we will have to rapidly build up our human resources and logistical capacity in Syria,
reliefweb 05-APR-12
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[-said]: It should enable the ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to meet increased humanitarian needs,
alertnet 05-APR-12
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[ said]: Visiting people who have been detained remains a priority for us,
cnn 03-APR-12
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[ said]: I am determined to see the ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent expand their presence, range and scope of activities to address the needs of vulnerable people. This will be a key element of my talks with the Syrian officials,
naharnet 02-APR-12
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[-said]: I am determined to see the ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent expand their presence, range and scope of activities to address the needs of vulnerable people,
cnn 02-APR-12
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[-said]: I will be raising the issue of access to all places of detention. Visiting people who have been detained remains a priority for us,
trust 02-APR-12
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[ said]: Ten years of intensive operational dialogue, including on humanitarian issues related to national security, have resulted in a frank relationship of trust between the ICRC and the United States,
redCross 30-MAR-12
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[ said]: In Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere, the United States must strike a balance between security, military necessity and humanity,
redCross 30-MAR-12
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[ said]: I am particularly interested in discussing the current state of affairs in connection with detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay,
nowlebanon 28-MAR-12
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[-told]: It cannot be that when you have the most intense fighting you do not have access to evacuate the wounded,
aljazeera 20-MAR-12
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[-warned]: Medical personnel assisting in those actions must also be protected.
cnn 20-MAR-12
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[-recalled]: The ICRC less than a month ago put forward the idea of the need for a humanitarian truce in the fighting in Syria, for at least two hours a day,
itartass_en 19-MAR-12
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[-said]: One of our priorities is a humanitarian ceasefire. I told him (Lavrov) that the situation has become even more urgent,
alertnet 19-MAR-12
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[ concluded]: The ICRC's impartial, neutral and independent humanitarian action has allowed the ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to reach thousands of people in areas affected by fighting. But we need to do much more,
reliefWeb 19-MAR-12
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[-told]: Our assessment, unfortunately, is that the humanitarian situation is most likely to deteriorate,
ibtimes 19-MAR-12
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[-told]: We fear that the situation that we witnessed in Homs a few weeks ago could be repeated in other places where there are clashes,
naharnet 19-MAR-12
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[said:]: I need unambiguous commitment from all those concerned. And this I do not have. I mean from the government side but also from the armed opposition.
trust 19-MAR-12
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[-told]: We also want to do protection activities, and by that I mean protection of medical missions, and it means access to detainees so that we can check their conditions and treat them.
trust 19-MAR-12
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[-said]: Here we express concern over two issues: we would very much like to make it so that the wounded and sick could apply for medical care and get such aid without fear that after that they would be ‘mistreated,’
itartass_en 19-MAR-12
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[-said]: The most important issue for us is to secure a reliable humanitarian truce, and as soon as possible,
itartass_en 19-MAR-12
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[-said]: The humanitarian situation in Homs, Idlib, Hama, Deraa and other areas affected by the unrest remains extremely difficult and may get even worse. People have been suffering for many months in some areas, especially women and children,
dailystar 18-MAR-12
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