Origins of the Committee
From 1974-1977, a number of inter-communal meetings on the problem of the missing persons were held but made no significant progress. Between 1977 and 1981, negotiations took place in Nicosia, Geneva and New York for the establishment of a Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP).
Between 1975 and 1978 the UN General Assembly (GA) adopted three different resolutions on the missing persons in Cyprus, calling for the establishment of an investigatory body to tackle this humanitarian problem. Subsequently, the GA adopted two additional resolutions in 1981 and 1982, respectively, welcoming the establishment of the CMP and urging the CMP to proceed without delay in carrying out its mandate.
The CMP was established in April 1981 by agreement between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities under the auspices of the United Nations. It is one of the only institutionalized, bi-communal committee in Cyprus.
You can read and/or download documents about the origins of the CMP:
UN General Assembly Resolutions
- UN GA Resolution 3450 (1975) - file format 'PDF' (1108 Kb)
- UN GA Resolution 32/128 (1977) - file format 'PDF' (104 Kb)
- UN GA Resolution 33/172 (1978) - file format 'PDF' (2175 Kb)
- UN GA Resolution 34/164 (1981) - file format 'PDF' (1067 Kb)
- UN GA Resolution 37/181 (1982) - file format 'PDF' (2244 Kb)
