CMP thanks Turkey for its donation

The Committee on Missing Persons has expressed its sincere thanks to the Government of Turkey for its donation of USD 100,000.

A press release by the Committee says that “this ninth donation brings the Turkish financial assistance to the CMP to a total of USD 737,000 over the past seven years”.

It is added that ‘the donation to the CMP Project on the Exhumation, Identification and Return of Remains of Missing Persons in Cyprus will contribute to the Committee’s goal of identifying and returning as many remains of missing individuals as possible in order to bring an end to the uncertainty which has affected so many families for so many years”.

To date, human remains representing over 1,000 individuals have been exhumed while over 400 missing persons have been identified and returned to the families for a proper burial.

The CMP relies on donor support to continue to carry out its mandate.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and occupied its northern third. Since then, the fate of hundreds of people remains unknown. The CMP has been established upon agreement between the leaders of the two communities, with the scope of exhuming, identifying and returning the remains of missing persons to their relatives.