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4 June 2009: The government of the Czech Republic has further demonstrated its commitment to The International Commission on Missing Persons and to reinforcing stability, security and democracy in the Western Balkans by making a further grant to ICMP of 50,000 euros.
This grant comes at a key period for the Czech Republic, which currently holds the rotating Presidency of the European Union, and the donation of the funds is in line with its government’s ongoing commitment to ICMP and its activities aimed at promoting justice and reconciliation in the Western Balkans in general and in Bosnia-Herzegovina in particular. Since 2008 the Czech Republic has given more than 70,000 euros to ICMP.
„The operations of The International Commission on Missing Persons are crucial to the ongoing promotion of justice and reconciliation, both regionally and in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and without justice, without reconciliation there can be neither effective and sustainable stability nor real democracy in the Western Balkans. ICMP’s operations are grounded in an examination of the past but their benefits are laying the cornerstones for Bosnia’s future,“ said H.E Jiri Kudela, The Czech Republic’s Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
„Since 2008, the government of the Czech Republic has donated a total over 70,000 Euros to our work and we are not only very grateful for their support to ICMP, but for their unwavering commitment to the families of the missing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and for supporting their right to know,“ said ICMP’s Director-General Ms.Kathryne Bomberger.
ICMP’s DNA-assisted human identification programs have lain at the heart of its considerable and ongoing successes in dealing with the question of some 40,000 missing persons in the former Yugoslavia, and since November 2001, ICMP has led the way in using DNA as a first step in the process of identification.
ICMP has collected genetic information from 87,070 relatives of an estimated 28,769 missing people, along with 29,289 bone samples taken from human remains exhumed from mass graves throughout the former Yugoslavia. By matching DNA from the relatives’ blood with DNA from victims’ bone samples ICMP has been able to identify 14,811 out of the estimated 40,000-plus missing individuals from the region.
In addition to its technical support, ICMP is the co-founder of the Missing Persons Institute of BiH. ICMP also contributes to transitional justice activities, provides legislative support and helps in the development of networks of civil society organizations which advocate for truth, justice, and for the rights of family members of missing persons.
The work of ICMP is also supported by the Governments of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the Holy See, Iceland, Ireland, Poland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, the United States and the European Union. The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation provides funding to ICMP for the ‘Paths to Reconciliation’ project.[:bs]
Vlada Republike Češke je donacijom od još 50.000 eura Međunarodnoj komisiji za nestale osobe (ICMP) nastavila pružati podršku stabilnosti, sigurnosti i demokratiji na području Zapadnog Balkana.
Češka Republika je trenutno predsjedavajuća Europskom unijom, a ova donacija je dio podrške koju se Češka vlada obavezala pružiti ICMP-u i njegovom radu na podsticanju pravde i pomirenja na Zapadnom Balkanu, a naročito u Bosni i Hercegovini. Češka Republika je od 2008. godine ICMP-u donirala ukupno više od 70.000 eura.
„ICMP-ev rad je od ključnog značaja za xx podsticanje pravde i pomirenja, kako u regiji tako i u Bosni i Hercegovini. Bez pravde i bez pomirenja nema efektivne i održive stabilnosti, niti stvarne demokratije na Zapadnom Balkanu. Osnov ICMP-evog rada jeste istraživanje prošlosti, ali rezultati tog rada predstavljaju kamen temeljac za budućnost Bosne“, izjavio je Njegova Ekselencija Jiří Kuděla, ambasador Republike Češke u BiH.
„Od 2008. godine, Vlada Republike Češke nam je donirala ukupno preko 70.000 eura. Ne samo da smo zahvalni na njihovoj pomoći ICMP-u, nego i čvrstom opredjeljenju da podrže porodice nestalih osoba u Bosni i Hercegovini i njihovo pravo da znaju“, izjavila je generalna direktorica ICMP-a, Kathryne Bomberger.
ICMP-ev DNK identifikacijski program uspješno rjašava problem oko 40.000 osoba koje su po završetku sukoba u bivšoj Jugoslaviji bile evidentirane kao nestale. Od novembra 2001. godine, ICMP koristi DNK analizu kao prvi korak u procesu identifikacije.
Pored 29,289 koštanih uzoraka uzetih sa posmrtnih ostataka ekshumiranih iz masovnih grobnica širom regije, ICMP je prikupio referentne uzorke krvi od 87,070 srodnika za oko 28,769 nestalih osoba na području Zapadnog Balkana. Poređenjem DNK iz krvi srodnika sa DNK iz posmrtnih ostataka žrtava, ICMP je uspio identifikovati 14,811 osoba, od procijenjenih preko 40.000 nestalih u regiji.
Osim pružanja tehničke pomoći, ICMP je suosnivač Instituta za nestale osobe BiH. ICMP također pomaže uspostavu pravde u periodu tranzicije, obezbjeđuje pravnu podršku i pomaže razvoju mreža organizacija civilnog sektora koje se zalažu za istinu, pravdu i za prava članova porodica nestalih.
Rad ICMP-a podržavaju vlade Kanade, Danske, Finske, Francuske, Švicarske, Grčke, Vatikana, Islanda, Irske, Italije, Nizozemske, Norveške, Njemačke, Poljske, Švedske, Velike Britanije, Sjedinjenih Američkih Država i Evropske Unije. Fondacija Charles Stewart Mott svojim donacijama podržava ICMP-eve projekte koji se bave istinom i pomirenjem.[:ar][:es][:]
