The Portuguese Republic donates €15,000 to CMP
Release Date: 27 August 2025
PRESS RELEASE
(Nicosia, 27 August 2025) – The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) received a donation
of €15,000 from the Portuguese Republic on 25 August 2025. This contribution brings Portugal’s financial assistance to the CMP to a total of €30,000 since 2018. The funds will 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 the European Union continues to be the project’s main financial contributor.
So far, 1,055 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.