The Turkish Cypriot community donated €100,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) on Thursday, contributing towards the CMP’s humanitarian work.
“The funds will contribute to the Committee’s goal of identifying and returning the remains of missing individuals, bringing to an end the uncertainty which has affected the families for so many years,” the CMP says in a press release.
This contribution brings the Turkish Cypriot community’s financial assistance to the CMP to a total of €683,000 since 2006.
The CMP was established in 1981 by an agreement between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot leaders, under the auspices of the United Nations.
The CMP Project on the Exhumation, Identification and Return of Remains of Missing Persons in Cyprus became operational in 2006 and is co-funded by the European Union.
So far, 1,051 missing persons from both Cypriot communities have been identified and returned to their families for dignified burials.
CMP relies on donor support to implement its bi-communal project.
