ICRC: 3.286 AZERBAIJANIS, 834 ARMENIANS AND 12 FOREIGN NATIONALS ARE MISSING DUE TO THE NK CONFLICT

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Aug. 30, 2006

The International Day of the Disappeared, 30 August, is when we
remember those who have been abducted, are held in clandestine places
of detention, tortured and, in some cases, killed.

We also recognize the uncertainty suffered by their families,"
International Committee of the Red Cross representative office in
Baku said on the International Day of the Disappeared.

The report reads that the fate of people missing as a result of the
Nagorny Karabakh conflict continued to be the major focus of the
ICRC’s work in Armenia and Azerbaijan. More than ten years after
the ceasefire, thousands of families remain without news of their
relatives. To help resolve this issue, the ICRC is continuing its
efforts to foster dialogue between all parties, reminding them of
their obligations under IHL. In 2005, the ICRC addressed a memorandum
to the parties, outlining concrete proposals for addressing the issue.

"In February 2004, the ICRC presented the list of the missing to
Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities and de-facto authorities of
Nagorny Karabakh. This list contains 4,132 missing, 3.286 Azerbaijanis,
834 Armenians and 12 foreign nationals."

The ICRC proposes standardizing the collection and management
of information on missing persons; cooperate on the recovery and
identification of the remains of missing Persons, step up support for
the families of missing persons. Both the Armenian and the Azerbaijani
authorities welcomed this initiative, and the ICRC is pursuing its
dialogue with them on implementation of the proposals.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress