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EU Special Representative and Head of the European Union Delegation in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark visited the Identification Coordination Facility (ICF) of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) in Tuzla today, accompanied by the Head of ICMP’s Western Balkans Programs, Matthew Holliday.
The ICF acts as the nexus for ICMP’s identification programs and is responsible for receiving and archiving biological samples from around the world, which are in turn prepared for DNA testing in ICMP’s laboratory system. It also administers the DNA matching process and produces and archives DNA match reports, which are submitted to government authorities to assist them in the process of identifying missing persons.
Since ICMP’s DNA laboratory system went online in late 2001, ICMP has helped to make around 20,000 DNA-based identifications worldwide. ICMP maintains a standing capacity to work on up to 10,000 cases a year. This capacity is available to all countries to assist them in their effort to identify missing and disappeared persons.
“The work of the ICMP benefits people and communities affected by conflicts or human rights abuse across the world. The EU is impressed with the work that ICMP has accomplished so far, above all in ensuring dignity for families of the missing persons,” said Ambassador Wigemark. “Remaining missing persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina need to be located and identified by gathering all available means and resources. To that end, we have recently renewed our assistance to the ICMP. And the EU remains committed to support the efforts to address this important matter.”
”With the EU’s renewed financial and political support, ICMP will continue to help the BIH authorities to fulfill their obligations to the families of the missing to locate and identify persons missing as a result of the conflicts of the 1990s,” Matthew Holliday said. “More than 70 percent of the missing have been accounted for, which is an achievement unmatched anywhere else in the world – but there are still 8,000 missing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the effort to account for these people must continue.”
ICMP is an international organization whose mandate is to secure the cooperation of governments, civil society organizations, justice institutions, international organizations and others in locating and identifying missing persons from conflict, human rights abuses, disasters, crime, migration and other causes. As part of its programs, ICMP operates the world’s leading high-throughput DNA human identification facility.
Specijalni predstavnik Europske unije i šef Delegacije Europske unije u Bosni i Hercegovini, ambasador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, posjetio je danas Centar za koordinaciju identifikacija (ICF) Međunarodne komisije za nestale osobe (ICMP) u Tuzli, zajedno sa šefom Programa za zapadni Balkan ICMP-a, Matthew Holliday.
Centar za koordinaciju identifikacija (ICF) ima funkciju poveznice identifikacijskih programe ICMP-a i zadužen je za primanje i čuvanje bioloških uzoraka iz cijelog svijeta, koji se pripremaju za DNA testiranja u laboratorijama ICMP-a. Također, upravlja procesom poklapanja DNA profila i kreiranjem arhive, koja se predaje vlastima kako bi im se pomoglo u procesu identifikacije nestalih osoba.
Otkad je laboratorijski sistem ICMP-a postao dostupan online 2001. godine, ICMP je pomogao da se napravi 20.000 identifikacija putem DNA. ICMP ima kapacitet da radi na 10.000 slučajeva godišnje. Ovaj kapacitet je dostupan svim zemljama, kako bi im se pomoglo u identifikaciji nestalih osoba.
“Rad ICMP-a pomaže ljudima i zajednicama pogođenim konfliktima ili kršenjem ljudskih prava širom svijeta. Europska unija je impresionirana dosadašnjim radom ICMP-a, najviše u očuvanju dostojanstva porodica nestalih osoba”, rekao je ambasador Wigemark. “Preostale nestala osobe u Bosni i Hercegovini trebaju biti pronađene i identifikovane prikupljanjem svih dostupnih sredstava i resursa. U tu svrhu, mi smo nedavno obnovili našu pomoć ICMP-u. Europska unija nastavlja da predano podržava napore kako bi se riješilo ovo važno pitanje.”
”Zahvaljujući obnovljenoj finansijskoj pomoći od strane Europske unije i političkoj podršci, ICMP će nastaviti pružati pomoć bh. vlastima da ispune svoje obaveze prema porodicama nestalih u procesu pronalaženja i identifikacije nestalih osoba tokom sukoba iz 1990-tih”, rekao je Matthew Holliday. Više od 70 posto nestalih je pronađeno, što predstavlja uspjeh bez premca u svijetu, ali još uvijek se traga za 8.000 nestalih u Bosni i Hercegovini i treba nastaviti ulagati napore u pronalazak ovih ljudi”.
ICMP je međunarodna organizacija koja nastoji osigurati saradnju vlada, organizacija civilnog društva, pravosudnih institucija, međunarodnih organizacija u pronalaženju i identifikovanju osoba nestalih tokom sukoba, kršenja ljudskih prava, prirodnih katastrofa, organiziranog kriminala, migracija i drugih uzroka. ICMP posjeduje vodeći laboratorij za istovremenu analizu velikog broja uzoraka DNA u svrhu identifikacije.
