ICMP Commissioners – Regional Authorities must Remain Vigilant in Search for Missing

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ICMP's Chairman Thomas Miller and the Chariman of the BiH Presidency Bakir Izetbegovic
ICMP's Chairman Thomas Miller and the Chairman of the BiH Presidency Bakir Izetbegovic

ICMP’s Chairman Ambassador Thomas Miller and Commissioners, including Her Majesty Queen Noor, former Prime Minister Willem Kok and Ambassador Rolf Ekéus met the Chairman of the BiH Presidency Bakir Izetbegović and the Chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda on a two day visit to Sarajevo.

ICMP's Chairman Thomas Miller and the Chariman of the BiH Presidency Bakir Izetbegovic
ICMP's Chairman Thomas Miller and the Chairman of the BiH Presidency Bakir Izetbegovic

Predsjedavajući ICMP-a, ambasador Thomas Miller i povjerenici ICMP-a, uključujući Njeno Visočanstvo Kraljicu Noor, bivšeg premijera Willema Koka i ambasadora Rolfa Ekéusa, sastali su se sa predsjedavajućim Predsjedništva BiH Bakirom Izetbegovićem i predsjedavajućim Vijeća ministara BiH Vjekoslavom Bevandom tokom dvodnevne posjete Sarajevu.

The Commission members discussed regional cooperation with the President of the Commission on Missing Persons from Croatia, Colonel Ivan Grujic and his counterpart from Serbia, Veljko Odalovic, as well as the three directors of the Missing Persons Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Marko Jurisic, Amor Masovic and Milutin Misic.

The Commissioners also met the members of the Steering Board of the newly founded Regional Cooperation Body which represents families from all parts of the former Yugoslavia. The family representatives expressed their unreserved support for the work of ICMP as a guarantor of non-discrimination and objectivity and called for continued international assistance to the process.

The purpose of the visit was to applaud the efforts of authorities in BiH and the region for the efforts in accounting for over 70% of the missing and to ensure that they remain vigilant in accounting for the approximately 12,000 persons still missing in the region.

ICMP's Chariman Thomas Miller and the Chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda
ICMP's Chariman Thomas Miller and the Chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda

“Your efforts here in the Western Balkans and particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina have set the standard for how this issue should be dealt with. You have built high-level institutions that have demonstrated your commitment to search for persons regardless of their ethnic, religious or national origin. By developing an approach grounded in the rule of law you have sent a signal to the world that brutality will be uncovered, that the truth will be told. But you must not stop now,” Ambassador Thomas Miller said.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, ICMP’s Commissioners expressed dismay at the increasing politicization of the issue of the missing and the fact that the 2004 Law on Missing Persons has still not been fully implemented. Furthermore, they noted that they Central Records of the Missing Persons Institute should be verified without further delay. As the ICMP Chairman noted, “these delays only result in furthering the anguish of the families of the missing.”

ICMP’s Commissioners Ambassador Thomas Miller, Her Majesty Queen Noor, former Prime Minister Wim Kok and Ambassador Rolf Ekéus with the Regional Cooperation Body
ICMP’s Commissioners Ambassador Thomas Miller, Her Majesty Queen Noor, former Prime Minister Wim Kok and Ambassador Rolf Ekéus with the Regional Cooperation Body

ICMP was established at the initiative of U.S. President Clinton in 1996 at the G-7 Summit in Lyon. Its primary role is to ensure the cooperation of governments in locating and identifying those who have disappeared during armed conflict or as a result of human rights violations.

ICMP’s other commissioners include Rt. Hon. Michael Portillo, Ambassador Carolina Barco and Chairman Emeritus Mr. James V. Kimsey. ICMP’s world headquarters is in Sarajevo.

Povjerenici ICMP-a razgovarali su o regionalnoj saradnji sa Ivanom Grujićem, predsjednikom Komisije za traženje nestalih iz Hrvatske, i njegovim kolegom iz Srbije, Veljkom Odalovićem, kao i sa članovima Kolegija direktora Insituta za nestale osobe (INO) BiH – Markom Jurišićem, Amorom Mašovićem i Milutinom Mišićem.

Povjerenici su se sastali i sa članovima Nadzornog odbora novoformirane Regionalne koordinacije koja okuplja porodice nestalih iz različitih dijelova bivše Jugoslavije. Porodice su izrazile bezrezervnu podršku radu ICMP-a kao jamca nediskriminacije i objektivnosti, i pozvale na nastavak pomoći međunarodnih aktera u ovom procesu.

Cilj ove posjete bio je da pozdrave napore vlasti u BiH i regiona u pronalaženju više od 70% nestalih i osiguraju aktivno učešće u pronalaženju još oko 12,000 nestalih osoba u regionu.

ICMP's Chariman Thomas Miller and the Chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda
ICMP's Chariman Thomas Miller and the Chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda

„Vaši napori na Zapadnom Balkanu i posebno Bosni i Hercegovini postavili su pravila za rješavanje ovih pitanja. Osnovali ste značajne institucije koje su demonstrirale vašu posvećenost potrazi za nestalim osobama bez obzira na etničko, religijsko ili nacionalno porijeklo. Izgrađujući pristup temeljen na vladavini prava poslali ste signal svijetu da će brutalnost biti otkrivena, da će istina biti izrečena. Ali sada ne smijete stati,“ rekao je ambasador Thomas Miller.

U Bosni i Hercegovini su povjerenici ICMP-a izrazili zabrinutost zbog povećanog politiziranja problema nestalih osoba i činjenice da Zakon o nestalim osobama iz 2004. godine još uvijek nije u potpunosti implementiran. Nadalje, oni su istakli da Centralna evidencija nestalih Instituta za nestale osobe treba biti verificirana bez daljih odlaganja. Kao što je predsjedavajući ICMP-a rekao „ova kašnjenja rezultiraju samo produženom patnjom porodica nestalih“.

ICMP’s Commissioners Ambassador Thomas Miller, Her Majesty Queen Noor, former Prime Minister Wim Kok and Ambassador Rolf Ekéus with the Regional Cooperation Body
ICMP’s Commissioners Ambassador Thomas Miller, Her Majesty Queen Noor, former Prime Minister Wim Kok and Ambassador Rolf Ekéus with the Regional Cooperation Body

ICMP je uspostavljen na inicijativu američkog predsjednika Clintona 1996 na Samitu G-7 u Lyonu. Primarni cilj ICMP-a je osiguranje suradnje između vlada u traganju i identifikaciji onih koji su nestali tokom oružanih sukoba i posljedica kršenja ljudskih prava.

Povjerenici ICMP-a su visoko uvaženi Michael Portillo, ambasadorica Carolina Barco i počasni predsjedavajući James V. Kimsey. Globalno sjedište ICMP-a je u Sarajevu.

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