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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-10-10
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[01] Intensified efforts needed to solve missing persons issue, British
MPs say
[01] Intensified efforts needed to solve missing persons issue, British
MPs say
British MPs Jim Sheridan and Alan Meale have pointed out the need to
intensify efforts for the investigation of the fate of missing persons
from both communities on the island, describing the issue of missing
persons as a purely humanitarian one.
Sheridan and Meale were speaking during a press conference held Thursday
in Nicosia to present Sheridan's report on the issue of missing persons
in Europe following a number of armed conflicts over recent decades. The
report was adopted unanimously last week by the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe.
The report notes, inter alia, that solving the problem of missing persons
is vital for establishing reconciliation between warring factions and
ensuring peace on the European continent. It also says that the two of
the main reasons why the problem of missing persons has not yet been
solved are lack of political will and individual's fear of reprisals.
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