Cyprus: accounting for the missing “will promote reconciliation”
The UN Security Council has renewed the six-month mandate for the peacekeeping force in Cyprus, Unficyp, urging all sides to renew their political will and commitment to a settlement under UN auspices and noting that the status quo was unsustainable. The Council called for agreement on and implementation of further steps to build trust between the communities, including the opening up of access to all areas to allow the Committee on Missing Persons to carry out its work “trusting that this process will promote reconciliation between the communities”. http://bit.ly/2GwmAuv
Australia: call for a nationwide missing persons lab
An Australian publication examines the advantages of establishing a nationwide laboratory solely dedicated to missing persons casework. Around 38,000 Australians are reported missing each year, around half of whom are young people. A small percentage are never accounted for. Around 2,000 missing persons cases and…