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Louise Arbour Joins International Crisis Group

By Simon Fodden

Louise Arbour, former Supreme Court Justice and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, will join the Board of the International Crisis Group. New fellow board members include Kofi Annan, (Lord) Paddy Ashdown, HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal and the former President of Poland, Alexander Kwa?niewsk. There are 54 members on the board all told.

The International Crisis Group meets twice a year and

is now generally recognised as the world?s leading independent, non-partisan, source of analysis and advice to governments, and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union and World Bank, on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict.

Their 2008 Annual Report is available on the web in PDF.

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on April 28, 2008 (boomark / email).