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3 February 2012: Sweden will continue to fund the work of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) in the years 2012 and 2013 through a grant from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). This announcement was made during today’s visit of the Director-General for Development Cooperation at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Johan Borgstam and the Swedish Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Bosse Hedberg to ICMP’s headquarters in Sarajevo.
ICMP Director-General Kathryne Bomberger met with Director-General Borgstam and Ambassador Hedberg to discuss ICMP’s current activities in the Western Balkans and the other parts of the world where ICMP operates. The delegation also toured ICMP’s main laboratory in Sarajevo where ICMP conducts the DNA extraction and genetic profiling of samples of mortal remains and of blood samples from surviving relatives of the missing.
“We are pleased that our support to ICMP has contributed to bringing answers to the families regarding the identity of over 16,000 persons missing from the conflicts in the Western Balkans”, said the Director-General during the visit.
“Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular, has benefited greatly from ICMP’s assistance which emphasizes the critical need for governments to take responsibility in addressing the issue. The combination of ICMP’s political and scientific work has helped Bosnia and Herzegovina account for 70 percent of the estimated 30,000 persons who were missing and Sweden is very proud to have supported this process. However, in order for the process to remain sustainable, the Missing Persons Institute, which ICMP co-founded, must continue to receive support from State and Entity authorities and the process of searching for the missing should continue in a non-discriminatory manner,” said Ambassador of Sweden to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Bosse Hedberg.
“We are very grateful for the continued support of the Swedish government, which now amounts to over 3.8 million EUR since 2002. The support of the Swedish Government and others from the international community has been instrumental to ensuring truth, justice and reconciliation in the region,” said ICMP Director General Kathryne Bomberger.
Since November 2001, ICMP has assisted in the identification of 16,548 missing individuals from the region including 13,830 from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[:bs]
Švedska će nastaviti finansirati rad Međunarodne komisije za nestale osobe (ICMP) u 2012. i 2013. godini putem granta Švedske agencije za međunarodnu razvojnu saradnju (Sida). Ovo je ozvaničeno tokom današnje posjete generalnog direktora za međunarodnu saradnju pri Ministarstvu vanjskih poslova Švedske, g. Johana Borgstama, i ambasadora Švedske u Bosni i Hercegovini, g. Bossea Hedberga, sjedištu ICMP-a u Sarajevu.
Na sastanku generalne direktorice ICMP-a Kathryne Bomberger sa generalnim direktorom Borgstamom i ambasadorom Hedbergom razgovarano je o ICMP-ovim trenutnim aktivnostima na Zapadnom Balkanu kao i drugim dijelovima svijeta u kojim ICMP djeluje. Delegacija je također obišla ICMP-ovu glavnu laboratoriju u kojoj ICMP vrši ekstrakciju DNK, kao i genetsko profiliranje uzoraka posmrtnih ostataka i uzoraka krvi koje su ICMP-u donirali preživjeli srodnici nestalih osoba.
„Drago nam je što je naša pomoć ICMP-u doprinijela tome da porodice dobiju odgovore o identitetima više od 16.000 osoba nestalih u sukobima na Zapadnom Balkanu“, izjavio je g. Borgstam tokom posjete.
„Bosna i Hercegovina je imala naročite koristi od ICMP-eve pomoći, što naglašava veliku potrebu da vlade preuzmu odgovornost za rješavanje ovog problema. Kombinacija ICMP-ovog političkog i naučnog rada pomogla je Bosni i Hercegovini da pronađe 70% od 30.000 osoba koliko se procjenjuje da ih je nestalo, a Švedska je izuzetno ponosna da je pomogla u ovom procesu. Međutim, kako bi proces ostao održiv, Institut za nestale osobe – čiji je ICMP suosnivač – mora nastaviti da dobija podršku od državnih i entitetskih vlasti a proces traženja nestalih treba nastaviti bez diskriminacije“, izjavio je ambasador Švedske u BiH, g. Bosse Hedberg.
„Vrlo smo zahvalni za neprekidnu podršku švedske vlade, koja od 2002. godine iznosi 3,8 miliona eura. Pomoć ove vlade ali i ostatka međunarodne zajednice je bila ključna za ostvarenje istine, pravde i pomirenja u regionu“, izjavila je generalna direktorica ICMP-a Kathryne Bomberger.
Od novembra 2001. godine ICMP je pomogao u identifikaciji 16.548 osoba nestalih u cijelom regionu, od tog broja 13.830 u Bosni i Hercegovini.[:ar][:es][:]
