Hungary donates €20,000 to CMP
Release Date: 22 January 2026
PRESS RELEASE
(Nicosia, 22 January 2026) – The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) sincerely thanks the Government of Hungary for making its first financial contribution to the CMP with a donation of €20,000. The funds that were received on 7 January 2026 will contribute to the Committee’s goal of identifying and returning the remains of missing individuals in 2026, bringing to an end the uncertainty which has affected the families for so many years.
The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus was established in April 1981 under the auspices of the United Nations by an agreement between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, following a call to establish a mechanism made in two UN General Assembly resolutions.
The CMP Project on the Exhumation, Identification and Return of Remains of Missing Persons in Cyprus became operational in 2006 and the European Union continues to be the project’s main financial contributor.
So far, 1,063 missing persons from both Cypriot communities have been identified and returned to their families for dignified burials.
CMP relies on donor support to implement its bi-communal project.