3,165 MISSING INDIVIDUALS FROM BOTH SIDES DURING NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN UPDATED LIST
ARKA News Agency
Aug 30 2005
YEREVAN, August 30. /ARKA/. A total of 3,165 missing individuals
from both sides during the Nagorno Karabakh conflict are currently
included in the updated list, press-service of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported ARKA News Agency. According
to press-release, this list was given to the authorities of Armenia,
Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in February, 2004. The ICRC continues
its support to both sides of Nagorno Karabakh conflict in their search
for the missed citizens. In January, 2005 the ICRC called on conflict
sides to find out the fate of the missed individuals and proposed
a special plan for receiving the information about them. The ICRC
will continue receive applications from the families of dismissed
individuals in 2006, when the collection of personal data is expected
to start. The ICRC is an organization which main activity is the search
of dismissed people during the war or internal collisions. The staff
of the ICRC also visited 570,000 prisoners in 2004; they registered
data about them to be able to follow their fate during their term of
imprisonment. A.A.