International Commission on Missing Persons

International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) endeavors to secure the co-operation of Governments and other authorities in locating ... all » and identifying persons missing as a result of armed conflicts, other hostilities or violations of human rights and to assist them in doing so. ICMP also supports the work of other organizations in their efforts, encourages public involvement in its activities and contributes to the development of appropriate expressions of commemoration and tribute to the missing.

ICMP was created in 1996, following the G-7 Summit, in Lyon, France, to address the issue of persons missing as a result of the different conflicts relevant to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and Republic of Serbia from 1991 to 1995.

Following the conflict in Kosovo and the crisis in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, ICMP expanded its operations to address missing persons cases from these areas. ICMP is headquartered in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also provides assistance to the authorities of Republic of Croatia, Republic of Serbia, and UN administered Kosovo.

ICMP also assists the government of Iraq and maintains contacts with other countries that have large numbers of missing persons. As a relief effort, ICMP has also assisted in the identification of victims of the 2004 tsunami in South-East Asia and 2005 Hurricane Katrina.

ICMP incorporates the use of a population-based, DNA-led system of identifications, which requires the collection and profiling of blood samples from family members with missing relatives and bone samples from exhumed mortal remains. In its laboratories, ICMP compares DNA profiles obtained from bone and blood samples to generate matching report which indicates person's identity with certainty of at least 99,95%.

For more information on ICMP, please visit www.ic-mp.org

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