19 May 2003: The Seventh Regional Conference on Missing Persons Issues for associations of families of missing persons was held in Sarajevo from 16 May 2003 to 19 May 2003 at the Hotel Saraj, Sarajevo, organised by the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).
This conference was attended by more than 75 family association representatives, members of Government Commissions on Missing Persons from the former Yugoslavia, and other institutions concerned with the missing persons issue.
For the first time, family associations and government representatives from FYROM/Macedonia participated in the regional conference. Despite being the first time that opposing sides to the conflict in FYROM/Macedonia had met, they agreed on joint activities in the future and recognised that they could learn from families who already had such experience of cooperation.
Associations discussed common issues regardless of religious or national background, and concluded that they will be stronger if they work together on lobbying…