To mark the occasion of August 30, the International Day for Missing Persons, a press conference was held on Wednesday at the Sarajevo War Theater.
Coordinator of the Department of Justice and Civil Society at the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) Matthew Holliday said that the ICMP honored 40,000 people as missing in the former Yugoslavia conflict.
"In Bosnia, where about 30,000 people disappeared, the remains of more than 70 percent of missing persons have been idenified after a hard labouring process,“ Holliday said, adding that there are still about 9,000 missing persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He reminded Bosnian authorities that even the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina had confirmed that certain aspects of the Law on Missing Persons have not been implemented.
This year began the process of reassessing the 11 ossuaries in the country. Holliday said that these audits are very important to ensure that all the remains of missing persons will be identified.
He also stressed the importance of governments in the Balkans creating a list of missing persons in the region.
"ICMP urges Bosnian authorities to join other governments in the region in the process of creating a regional list of missing persons as a result of the conflict in the '90s in the former Yugoslavia," said Holliday.
He concluded his speech by calling on the Bosnian government to sign a declaration by the ICMP to demonstrate their willingness to participate in resolving the issue of missing persons.
Wednesday 28 August 2013
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