Sovereignty and Intervention 2002 - 2003

Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award February 28, 12:00pm Remis Sculpture Gallery Cornelio Sommaruga Cornelio Sommaruga was the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross from 1987 to 1999. Cornelio Sommaruga was born in Rome in 1932. A Swiss citizen from Lugano (Ticino), he entered the service of the Swiss Confederation in 1960 and held various diplomatic posts within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs until 1973, when he was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in Geneva. Three years later he joined the staff of the Swiss Federal Office for External Economic Affairs in Bern, where he served first as Ambassador, then as Delegate for Trade Agreements, before being appointed Secretary of State for External Economic Affairs in 1984. After retiring as President of the ICRC, he served as a Member of the Panel on UN Peace Operations and as a Member of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. Currently, he is President of the Foundation Caux-Initiatives of Change (Moral Re-Armament); President of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD); Chairman of the Karl Popper Foundation; Member of the Board of the Open Society Institute in Budapest; and Chairman of the Board of JP Morgan (Suisse) SA. Cornelio Sommaruga at work in his capacity as President of the Interntional Red Cross (1987-1999). EPIIC Colloquium members Damaris Medina and Vicky Hartanto introduce Cornelio Sommaruga. Cornelio Sommaruga accepts his Jean Mayer Global Citizenship award.

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