BAKU: 4,000 Missing After Karabakh War

4,000 MISSING AFTER KARABAKH WAR

Baku Today, Azerbaijan
Aug. 31, 2006

According to the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), 4,132
people are included on the list of missing people from the Karabakh
conflict and events after the ceasefire.

According to ICRC, 3,286 Azerbaijanis, 834 Armenians and 12 foreign
soldiers and civilians are considered missing. Since the beginning
of conflict, through ICRC’s mediation, 659 military servants and
civilians have been liberated.

In 2005 ICRC passed to authorities of the conflict’s sides a Memorandum
on people lost in military actions. The adoption of this document
will improve the effectiveness of measures to locate missing people.

ICRC plans to expand, jointly with the Azerbaijani Red Crescent
Society, activities to gather information about missing people. ICRC
started talks to locate the remains of missing people.