Slovak Republic donates €10,000 to CMP
Release Date: 4 June 2025
PRESS RELEASE
(Nicosia, 4 June 2025) –
The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) received a financial contribution of €10,000 from the Slovak Republic on 30 May 2025. This donation brings Slovakia’s financial assistance to the CMP to a total of €30,000 since 2012. The funds will support the Committee’s goal of identifying and returning the remains of missing individuals, 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 is co-funded by the European Union.
So far, 1,054 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.