 
 
 
 
 
 
|
|
|
|
19 February 2004
|
Thursday
|
27 Zilhaj 1424
|
Red Cross seeks to visit Saddam, contacts US
GENEVA, Feb 18: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is still discussing with the United States details of a planned visit to former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and no date has been fixed, officials said on Wednesday.
Under the terms of the Geneva Convention covering prisoners of war (POW), which Washington has said applies to Saddam Hussein, the Red Cross must be allowed access to him, but there are conditions that the humanitarian organization always insists on.
"We are still discussing the practicalities (of the visit)," Balthasar Staehlin, the agency's delegate-general for the Middle East and Africa, told journalists. -Reuters
|
