(GEN) EU DONATES 2 MN EURO TO CYPRUS COMMITTEE ON MISSING PERSONS.LEFKOSA, Nov 18, 2009 (TUR) -- The European Union donated 2 million Euro to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information ) for the Project on the Exhumation, Identification and Return of Remains of Missing Persons in Cyprus. A reception was held in the buffer zone for the donation with the participation of Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat Mehmet Ali Talat (born July 6, 1952) is the current President of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (or KKTC in Turkish), which controls the northern third of the island of Cyprus, but is unrecognized by any nation except Turkey. and Greek Cypriot Leader Demetris Christophias. Special Representative of the Secretary-General A Special Representative of the Secretary General is a highly respected expert who has been appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations to represent her/him in meetings with heads of state on critical human rights issues. and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) was established in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots and to contribute to the maintenance and restoration of law and order and a return to normal conditions. (UNFICYP) Tay-Brook Zerihoun, UN Representative of the CMP Christophe Girod and CMP members also attended the reception. Speaking during the reception, Talat said CMP's efforts were most valuable, adding that it should be a priority for them to relieve the grievances of relatives of missing persons. Talat said the issue of missing persons should not be politicised. "We have managed to this so far. Politicising the issue, will kill these efforts," said Talat. Talat said they would continue to support CMP's work. Also speaking during the reception, Christophias said "the missing persons" was an humanitarian issue and stressed that it should never be a exploited for political ends. He said CMP's efforts should be supported with concrete action and not just words, noting that they owed this to families of the missing people and all Cypriots. The contribution follows the specific request of the European Parliament. The agreement was concluded on August 4 between the European Commission and the United Nations Development Program. This is the second contribution the European Union grants to support the CMP mandate. The European Union had already contributed EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 1.5 M to the Committee on Missing Persons in 2007. With these two contributions the European Union is, so far, the largest single donor in support of the Committee on Missing Persons mandated activities which have been proven to be one of the most successful confidence building and reconciliation measures. The Committee on Missing Persons project aims at closing a painful chapter in the history of the island and at contributing to the process of reconciliation between both communities. The participation of bi-communal teams of scientific, anthropologists and archaeologists at all stages of the process as well as the bi-communal composition of the Committee fosters the spirit of reconciliation of the CMP mandate. Through this support to the CMP mandate, the remains of at least 500 missing persons are expected to be exhumed, analyzed and identified and finally returned to theirs relatives. (OZG-UK) (THROUGH ASIA PULSE) |
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