Ireland donates €25,000 to CMP

The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) announced on Friday it received a €25,000 donation from the government of Ireland.

“This contribution brings Ireland’s financial assistance to the CMP to a total of €475,000 since 2006,” it said.

According to the CMP, the donation was made on Thursday and the funds will contribute to the Committee’s goal of identifying and returning the remains of missing individuals.

This will “bring an end to the uncertainty which has affected the families for so many years.”

The CMP was established in 1981 by an agreement between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders, under the auspices of the United Nations. 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, 1,051 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.