4,414 PEOPLE STILL MISSING AS A RESULT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

ARMENPRESS
March 12, 2008

YEREVAN, MARCH 12, ARMENPRESS: By the end of 2007 there remained
some 4,414 missing persons in relation to the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict whose fate was unresolved. These figures were released by
the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC).

Since 1992, the International Committee of the Red Cross has been
working on the issue of the missing in relation to the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, helping the authorities to search for information and answers
to transmit to the families. Particularly, it has helped repatriate
some 700 Armenians who were held in Azerbaijan.

The ICRC is helping also reunify family members separated due to
conflict or returning mortal remains.