ICMP is pleased to distribute the conclusions of a two-day conference hosted by ICMP in Skopje, FYROM/Macedonia, on 20 and 21 November,, entitled “The Future of the Missing Persons Process from the Kosovo Conflict.” The conference gathered representatives of family associations of missing persons, government representatives from Belgrade and Pristina, as well as representatives from the international community, including EULEX and ICRC.ICMP vam sa zadovoljstvom distribuiše zaključke dvodnevne konferencije koju je održao u Skoplju 20. i 21. novembra pod nazivom „Budućnost procesa traženja i identifikacije lica nestalih u kosovskom sukobu“. Konferencija je okupila predstavnike udruženja porodica nestalih, predstavnike vlasti iz Beograda i Prištine, kao i predstavnike međunarodne zajednice, uključujući Misiju vladavine prava Evropske unije na Kosovu (EULEX) i Međunarodni komitet crvenog krsta (MKCK).
Around 40 representatives of family associations of the missing, who represent the leadership of Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb family associations, participated in drafting the conclusions, which were later adopted by the Kosovo Coordination Council of Associations of Missing Persons, the Association of Families of Kidnapped and Killed Civilians, Soldiers and Policemen in Kosovo and Metohija, and the Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons from Kosovo and Metohija, as well as the relevant authorities from Belgrade and Pristina.
Family associations of missing Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians concluded that authorities from Pristina and Belgrade should increase their efforts to obtain information on the location of clandestine gravesites including looking through all archives and the possible use of satellite imagery and all other available means/modern technologies in order to increase their field operations in cooperation with the international community.
They also concluded that it is necessary to discuss the creation of a regional list of persons missing from the conflicts in former Yugoslavia, which would encompass a consolidated Kosovo list of missing persons. In addition, the families expressed their openness toward future discussion about joint commemoration and memorialization.
Family associations called on strengthening witness protection programs and stressed the need to educate family associations on how to use laws on access to information of public interest in order to obtain information related to missing persons.
It was also concluded that a working group should be formed that would review all identifications of persons based on the classical method prior to the introduction of DNA analysis.
The families requested from ICMP to continue its engagement after the mandate of EULEX expires in 2014 and called on commencing dialogue on the missing persons process between the relevant authorities from Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels under the auspices of the European Union.
The full list of conclusions and recommendations is available for download from our website.
Formed in 1996, ICMP is the only specialized international organization that addresses the issue of missing persons in all of its facets. ICMP endeavors to secure the co-operation of governments and other authorities in locating and identifying persons missing as a result of armed conflicts, other hostilities or violations of human rights and to assist them in doing so.
Oko 40 predstavnika udruženja porodica nestalih – lidera udruženja kosovskih Albanaca i kosovskih Srba – učestvovali su u pisanju zaključaka, koje je poslije toga usvojili Koordinaciono vijeće udruženja porodica nestalih lica, Udruženje porodica kidnapovanih i ubijenih civila, vojnika i policajaca na Kosovu i Metohiji, te Udruženje porodica kidnapovanih i nestalih lica sa Kosova i Metohije, kao i nadležne institucije vlasti u Beogradu i Prištini.
Udruženja porodica su zaključila da nadležne institucije, prištinske i beogradske, treba da povećaju obim aktivnosti na prikupljanju informacija o lokacijama skrivenih grobnica, uključujući i pregled svih arhiva i mogućnost korištenja satelitskih snimaka i drugih dostupnih sredstava/savremenih tehnoloških metoda, kako bi se poboljšale terenske aktivnosti, u saradnji sa međunarodnom zajednicom.
Zaključak je i da treba razmotriti mogućnosti za kreiranje regionalne liste lica nestalih u sukobima na tlu bivše Jugoslavije, a koja bi obuhvatila i konsolidovanu listu kidnapovanih i nestalih lica sa Kosova. Osim toga, porodice su izrazile otvorenost za razgovor u budućnosti o zajedničkim memorijalima i komemoracijama.
Udruženja porodica su pozvala na poboljšanje programa zaštite svjedoka i naglasili potrebu edukacije za porodice nestalih lica o korištenju zakonskih mogućnosti u ostvarivanju pristupa informacijama od javnog interesa sa ciljem prikupljanja informacija o nestalim licima.
Zaključeno je da je potrebno formirati radnu grupa koja bi izvršila reviziju svih lica identifikovanih klasičnom metodom bez DNK analize.
Porodice su od ICMP-a zatražile da nastavi rad i nakon mandata EULEX-a, koji ističe u 2014. i pozvale na otpočinjanje dijaloga u Briselu između nadležnih institucija Beograda i Prištine o pitanju nestalih lica a pod pokroviteljstvom Evropske unije.
Spisak sa svim zaključcima i preporukama je moguće preuzeti na našoj internet-stranici preko linkova: latinica, ćirilica.
ICMP je osnovan 1996. godine i jedina je specijalizirana međunarodna organizacija koja se problemom nestalih osoba bavi kroz sve njegove aspekte. 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, te nastoji pružiti pomoć u provođenju ovih aktivnosti.



