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[:en]20 December 2011: During his visit to ICMP facilities in Tuzla, the Swiss Chargé d’affaires in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lukas Rosenkranz, announced that the Swiss Government will contribute a further 310,000 Swiss Francs (cca. 500.000 KM) to support the ICMP DNA led identification project in the Western Balkans for the period 2011-2012. Since 2001, including this donation Switzerland has assisted ICMP’s programs with more than 1,8 million KM.
Mr. Rosenkranz visited ICMP’s Identification Coordination Division (ICD) where family reference samples collected by ICMP from relatives of the missing and bone samples of victims received from government authorities are processed. After being bar-coded the samples are sent to ICMP laboratories in Sarajevo and Banja Luka for DNA analysis. Once extracted, the DNA profiles from blood and bone are entered into ICMP’s database and compared for possible matches. The delegation also visited the Podrinje Identification Project (PIP), which was specifically created by ICMP to assist in the identification of persons reported missing from the 1995 fall of Srebrenica and which was transferred to national control in 2010.
Mr. Rosenkranz commended the ICMP for its assistance to BiH and other governments in the region where huge efforts have been made to locate and identify missing persons and stressed that Switzerland has been engaged for many years in dealing with the past and stabilization processes in the region of the Western Balkans.
“The families of victims have a right to know the fate of their relatives. This truth, although very painful, is indeed very important. That is why Switzerland has been supporting the work of ICMP for years now, and that is why we will continue to provide support for these and other similar activities,” said Mr. Rosenkranz following his visit. “We are very impressed by the fact that nearly 70% of those missing have now been accounted for and understand that it will be more difficult in the coming years to locate the remaining missing persons.
Since November 2001, ICMP has led the way in using DNA as the first step in the identification of large numbers of persons missing from armed conflict. In the Western Balkans ICMP has information from 89,401 relatives of 29,131 missing people, and has analyzed 36,364 bone samples taken from mortal remains recovered from clandestine graves. ICMP has made 32,683 DNA matches of DNA from blood and bone samples, thus assisting in the identification of 16,475 people missing from the conflicts, including 13,764 from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[:bs]Tokom posjete objektima ICMP-a u Tuzli, otpravnik poslova Ambasade Švicarske u Bosni i Hercegovini, gospodin Lukas Rosenkranz, najavio je da će Vlada Švicarske dodijeliti dodatnih 310.000 švicarskih franaka (oko 500.000 KM) za podršku ICMP-evom projektu DNK-identifikacije na Zapadnom Balkanu za period 2011-2012. Od 2001. godine, uključujući ovu donaciju, Švicarska je pomogla ICMP-eve programe iznosom od preko 1,8 miliona konvertibilnih maraka.
Gospodin Rosenkranz obišao je Odjel za koordinaciju identifikacija (ICD) gdje se obrađuju uzorci krvi koje je ICMP prikupio od članova porodica nestalih i uzorci kostiju zaprimljeni od državnih tijela. Nakon što se označe bar-kodom, uzorci se šalju u ICMP-eve laboratorije u Sarajevu i Banja Luci na analizu DNK. Slijedi ekstrakcija, a potom se profili DNK unose u ICMP-ovu bazu podataka i prolaze proces poređenja. Gospodin Rosenkranz je posjetio i Identifikacijski projekat Podrinje (PIP), koji je ICMP osnovao sa posebnom namjenom – da pomogne u identifikaciji osoba nestalih padom Srebrenice 1995. godine a koji je 2010. godine prenesen u nadležnost bh. institucija.
Gospodin Rosenkranz je pohvalio ICMP za pomoć koju je pružio Bosni i Hercegovini i vladama drugih zemalja u regionu u kojem su učinjeni ogromni napori na pronalasku i identifikaciji nestalih osoba. Gospodin Rosenkranz je naglasio da je Švicarska dugi niz godina angažovana na pitanju suočavanja sa prošlošću kao i na procesu stabilizacije zapadnobalkanskog regiona.
„Porodice nestalih imaju pravo da znaju šta se desilo njihovim srodnicima. Ova istina, iako vrlo bolna, je zaista važna. To je razlog što Švicarska već godinama podržava rad ICMP-a i to je razlog zašto ćemo nastaviti pomagati ovu i slične aktivnosti“, izjavio je gospodin Rosenkranz nakon posjete. „Impresivna je činjenica da je od ukupnog broja oko 70% nestalih danas pronađeno a upoznati smo sa činjenicom da će u narednim godinama biti sve teže pronaći ostale nestale“.
Od novembra 2001. godine ICMP koristi analizu DNK kao primarni korak u identifikaciji velikih brojeva nestalih osoba tokom oružanih sukoba. Na Zapadnom Balkanu, ICMP ima informacije o 89.401 srodniku koji su ICMP-u prijavili 29.131 nestalu osobu. U ovom regionu ICMP je analizirao 36.364 uzorka uzeta sa posmrtnih ostataka iz grobnica. ICMP je ostvario 32.683 podudaranja DNK-profila kosti i krvi, čime je pomogao u identifikaciji 16.475 nestalih osoba, od kojih se 13.764 odnosi na Bosnu i Hercegovinu.
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