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19 November 2013: ICMP is part of an INTERPOL Incident Response Team (IRT) which has deployed to the Philippines in order to assess Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) requirements after Typhoon Haiyan hit that island more than a week ago leaving thousands of people displaced, dead and missing.
In addition to ICMP the team includes specialists from INTERPOL, DVI and DNA experts from Canada and South Africa. As part of the assessment mission, the IRT will meet the Philippine authorities and make recommendations for the recovery and identification of victims, as well as coordinate national and international DVI efforts.
ICMP and INTERPOL have worked together in the past in the Philippines. In 2008, after Typhoon Frank struck, over 1,000 people were unaccounted for. Five years later, Typhoon Haiyan has hit the same area, leaving thousands of people dead or missing. Local authorities have buried many victims; however, these numbers are unknown.
“The priority in the Philippines is to address the immediate humanitarian needs of the surviving victims of the Typhoon; however, it is important to begin a process of assessing the scale of numbers of persons missing so that a plan can be developed to address this problem. In 2008, following Typhoon Frank, ICMP worked together with INTERPOL and the Philippine authorities in locating and identifying the majority of the over 700 persons missing as a consequence of the capsizing of M.S. Princess of the Stars. This experience should help in conducting the assessment and putting together a plan for future assistance,” said ICMP Director General Kathryne Bomberger.
ICMP with INTERPOL has been engaged in joint DVI missions in Thailand, the Philippines, Haiti, Congo and Kenya.
“Clearly, one of the main priorities for the Philippine authorities is to find and rescue as many living victims as possible and for the humanitarian relief operations to continue. But what is also important is the swift and accurate identification of the thousands of victims, which is where international support and coordination is essential and where INTERPOL can unite the global community in these efforts. INTERPOL’s previous experience in providing this type of help can play an important role and we will continue to work with our member countries to provide whatever assistance required and requested by the Philippine authorities,” said Michael O’Connell, INTERPOL’s Director of Operational Support who is heading the IRT.
ICMP and INTERPOL signed an Agreement on Cooperation in November 2007, which recognized the need to foster and co-ordinate international co-operation in the field of locating and identifying missing persons in time of disasters, and where appropriate to coordinate efforts to provide assistance to justice in cases related to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The ICMP is the only specialized international organization of its kind that addresses the issue of missing persons in all of its facets. To date it has assisted governments in locating and identifying over 18,500 missing persons globally.[:bs]
ICMP se pridružio Interpolovom timu za odgovor na incidente na Filipinima čiji zadatak će biti da procijeni potrebe identifikacije žrtava tajfuna „Haiyan“ koji je pogodio Filipine početkom mjeseca ostavivši hiljade raseljenih, mrtvih i nestalih osoba.
U timu se osim ICMP-a nalaze i specijalisti iz Interpola, te stručnjaci za identifikaciju žrtava nesreća i stručnjaci za DNK iz Kanade i Južnoafričke Republike. U sklopu misije, ekipa će se sastati sa predstavnicima filipinskih institucija i dati preporuke za pronalaženje i identifikaciju žrtava. Tim će također koordinirati sve lokalne i međunarodne aktivnosti na identifikaciji žrtava.
ICMP i Interpol su prethodno na Filipinima sarađivali 2008. godine kada je tajfun „Frank“ prouzrokovao nestanak više od 1.000 osoba. Sada, pet godina kasnije, tajfun „Haiyan“ je pogodio isto područje i ostavio nekoliko hiljada mrtvih i nestalih. Domaće vlasti su već izvršile ukop mnogih žrtava ovog tajfuna, ali ne postoje precizne brojke o tome.
Generalna direktorica ICMP-a, Kathryne Bomberger, je izjavila: „U ovom času je najvažnije pružiti neposrednu humanitarnu pomoć ljudima na Filipinima koji su preživjeli tajfun. Međutim, važno je i pokušati procijeniti broj nestalih osoba te u skladu sa tim razviti plan za rješavanje problema. ICMP, Interpol i filipinske vlasti su 2008. godine zajedno radili na pronalasku i identifikaciji preko 700 osoba nakon što je tajfun ‘Frank’ prouzročio prevrtanje trajekta ‘M.S. Princess of the Stars’. Ovo iskustvo biće nam od pomoći za procjenu stanja i planiranje plana za pomoć koja će uslijediti“.
ICMP i Interpol su dosad učestvovali u zajedničkim misijama za identifikaciju žrtava na Tajlandu, Filipinima, Haitiju, Kongu i Keniji.
Direktor Interpolovog odjela za operativnu podršku i lider tima na Filipinima, Michael O’Connell, izjavio je sljedeće: „Jedan od prioriteta filipinskih vlasti je svakako da se pronađe i spasi što više preživjelih žrtava, kao i da se nastavi dostava humanitarne pomoći. Ali važno je brzo i precizno identificirati hiljade žrtava, u čemu će međunarodna pomoć i koordinacija biti od značaja, a Interpol može ujediniti napore međunarodne zajednice. Interpolovo iskustvo u pružanju ovakvog vida pomoći moglo bi igrati važnu ulogu. Mi ćemo nastaviti da sa zemljama-članicama Interpola pružamo svu pomoć koju od nas zatraže vlasti Filipina“.
ICMP i Interpol su u novembru 2007. godine potpisali sporazum o saradnji. U sporazumu su prepoznali potrebu da jačaju i koordiniraju međunarodnu saradnju na lociranju i identificiranju osoba nestalih tokom nesreća i, po potrebi, združenim naporima pomognu ostvarenje pravde u slučajevima ratnih zločina i zločina protiv čovječnosti.
ICMP je jedina specijalizirana međunarodna organizacija svoje vrste čiji rad obuhvata sve aspekte problema nestalih. ICMP je do danas pomogao vladama u svijetu da pronađu i identifikuju preko 18.500 osoba.[:ar][:es][:]
