
[:en]By Saša Kulukčija
Sarajevo, 1 April 2020: The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) has donated personal protective equipment to the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to assist in combating the spread of Covid-19 disease in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
ICMP donated 500 disposable aprons, 1,000 protective suits and 3,000 disposable gloves to the Ministry of Security, which will use the material to keep its staff safe as they implement measures to limit the spread of the virus. The IOM BIH plans to use the 200 protective suits donated by ICMP to adhere to the health and safety instructions aimed at containing the Covid-19 pandemic when working in migrant centers in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“We hope this modest donation from our stocks will help the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and those working with the vulnerable migrant population stem the spread of the virus,” said Matthew Holliday, Head of ICMP’s Western Balkans Program. “Despite the pandemic, ICMP continues to assist the BiH authorities in fulfilling their responsibility to investigate cases of missing persons, and ensuring that the rights of families to truth, justice and reparation are upheld.”
Staff in the ICMP Western Balkans Program, as well as in programs around the world and the organization’s Headquarters in The Netherlands, are mostly working from home to help contain the virus in line with instructions from local health authorities.
ICMP is a treaty-based international organization with Headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands. Its mandate is to secure the cooperation of governments and others in locating missing persons from conflict, human rights abuses, disasters, organized crime, irregular migration and other causes and to assist them in doing so. It is the only international organization tasked exclusively to work on the issue of missing persons.[:bs]Piše Saša Kulukčija
Sarajevo, 1. april: Međunarodna komisija za nestale osobe (ICMP) donirala je ličnu zaštitnu opremu Ministarstvu sigurnosti Bosne i Hercegovine i Međunarodnoj organzaciji za migracije (IOM) kako bi pomogli u borbi protiv širenja bolesti Covid-19 u Bosni i Hercegovini.
Ministarstvu sigurnosti je uručeno 500 jednokratnih pregača, 1.000 zaštitnih odijela i 3.000 pari jednokratnih rukavica koje će koristiti zaposlenici Ministarstva prilikom obavljanja zadataka na sprečavanju širenja virusa. IOM BiH će ICMP-ovu donaciju od 200 zaštitnih odijela koristiti prilikom rada u migrantskim centrima u Bosni i Hercegovini, kako bi se pridržavali uputa za zaštitu zdravlja i sigurnosti u vrijeme pandemije bolesti Covid-19.
“Nadamo se da će ovaj skromni doprinos iz naših zaliha pomoći vlastima Bosne i Hercegovine i svima koji rade s ugroženom migrantskom populacijom da zaustave širenje virusa,” rekao je Matthew Holliday, šef Programa za zapadni Balkan. “Uprkos pandemiji, ICMP nastavlja pomagati vlastima BiH da ispune svoje obaveze u smislu istrage u slučajevima nestalih osoba i da osiguraju poštovanje prava porodica na istinu, pravdu i reparacije.”
Zaposlenici ICMP-ovog Programa za zapadni Balkan, drugih programa širom svijeta, kao i ICMP-ovog sjedišta u Nizozemskoj, uglavnom rade od kuće kako bi pomogli suzbijanju virusa u skladu s uputama domaćih zdravstvenih institucija.
ICMP je sporazumom utemeljena međunarodna organizacija sa sjedištem u Hagu u Nizozemskoj. Njegov mandat je osigurati saradnju vlada i drugih organa vlasti u pronalaženju osoba nestalih usljed sukoba, zloupotreba ljudskih prava, nesreća, organiziranog kriminala, ilegalnih migracija i drugih razloga te pružiti im pomoć u tim poslovima. Jedina je međunarodna organizacija čiji je zadatak isključivo rad na pitanju nestalih osoba.[:]



