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17 July 2009: Britain’s Minister for Europe, Baroness Glenys Kinnock, visited the international headquarters of the International Commission on Missing Persons today as part of her first official trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Accompanied by ICMP’s Director-General Ms.Kathryne Bomberger, as well as by the British Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, H.E. Mr. Michael Tatham, and officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Baroness received briefings on ICMP’s work on behalf of governments worldwide, and toured the organisation’s main laboratory where ICMP performs DNA extraction and genetic profiling of samples from mortal remains and blood from surviving relatives.
“Establishing sustainable mechanisms to address the fate of the missing has been a key challenge in Bosnia and Herzegovina” said Baroness Kinnock. “It has been fascinating to see first hand the impressive work carried out by Kathryne and her team in partnership with the BiH authorities. This plays an important role in helping bring closure to those families with missing loved ones”.
“Without the consistent support and donor funding of the British government, ICMP simply would not be able to carry out many of its most important activities,” said ICMP Director-General Kathryne Bomberger. We are extremely thankful that the British government has consistently recognized our operational funding requirements and been a long-term and faithful supporter of ours.”
The United Kingdom has supported ICMP since the year 2000 with grants of $4,121,268 that have focused not just on providing assistance to its forensic operations but crucially on the development of Bosnia’s capacity to address the missing persons issue at the level of the state, including the establishment of the Missing Persons Institute.
United Kingdom funding assists ICMP’s operations in the Western Balkans and in Colombia. ICMP’s worldwide operations now also include the provision of assistance to the governments of Iraq, the Philippines, Chile and Kuwait. Of the 40,000 people estimated missing from the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia ICMP has identified more than 14,915 using DNA-assisted techniques since 2001.
ICMP endeavours to secure the co-operation of, and work with, governments and other authorities in locating and identifying persons missing as a result of armed conflicts, other hostilities or violations of human rights.[:bs]Ministrica za Evropu u vladi Velike Britanije, baronesa Glenys Kinnock, u sklopu svoje prve zvanične posjete Bosni i Hercegovini danas je posjetila glavno sjedište Međunarodne komisije za nestale osobe (ICMP).
U pratnji generalne direktorice ICMP-a, Kathryne Bomberger i ambasadora Velike Britanije u BiH, Michaela Tathama, baronesa je informirana o radu ICMP-a širom svijeta, a posjetila je ICMP-ev DNK laboratoriju u Sarajevu u kojoj ICMP vrši izdvajanje DNK profila iz uzoraka posmrtnih ostataka i krvi živih srodnika.
„Uspostava održivog mehanizma za rješavanje sudbine nestalih osoba je bio jedan od većih izazova za Bosnu i Hercegovinu”, izjavila je baronesa Kinnock i dodala: „Fascinantno je bilo vidjeti lično kakav impresivan posao obavljaju Kathryne i njen tim, u partnerstvu sa bh. institucijama. Njihov posao igra važnu ulogu u pomaganju porodicama čiji su voljeni nestali da pronađu svoj smiraj”.
„Bez konstantne podrške i donacija od vlade Velike Britanije ICMP jednostavno ne bi bio u mogućnosti da obavlja veliki dio svoga posla. Mi smo izuzetno zahvalni britanskoj vladi što je konstantno uvažavala zahtjeve za finansiranje naših aktivnosti, te nas oduvijek snažno i odano podržavala”, izjavila je Kathryne Bomberger, generalna direktorica ICMP-a.
Velika Britanija podržava rad ICMP-a od 2000. godine donacijama u ukupnom iznosu od 4.121.268 američkih dolara, koje su pomogle ne samo ICMP-evim forenzičkim aktivnostima nego i razvijanju kapaciteta na državnom nivou BiH za rješavanje problema nestalih osoba, uključujući uspostavu Instituta za nestale osobe BiH.
Velika Britanija finansira ICMP-eve operacije na Zapadnom Balkanu i u Kolumbiji. ICMP također pruža pomoć vladama Iraka, Filipina, Čilea i Kuvajta. Od oko 40.000 osoba koje su smatrane nestalim na kraju sukoba u bivšoj Jugoslaviji ICMP je od 2001. godine putem DNK analize pomogao u identifikaciji 14.915 osoba.
ICMP nastoji obezbijediti saradnju vlada i drugih organa vlasti pri lociranju i identifikovanju osoba nestalih tokom oružanih sukoba, drugih oblika neprijateljstva ili kršenja ljudskih prava.[:ar][:es][:]
