Switzerland donates CHF195,000 in support of CMP
Release Date: 3July 2025
PRESS RELEASE
(Nicosia, 3 July 2025) – The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) received €208,423 (CHF195,000) from Switzerland on 2 July 2025. This is the third instalment of Switzerland’s CHF1 million contribution to CMP that covers the period from 2023 to 2026. The new donation brings Switzerland’s financial assistance to the CMP to a total of €1,056,875 since 2014. In 2025, this instalment will support CMP’s training capacities and genetic analysis. The funds contribute to 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.