Press releases

  • Recent recoveries at CMP excavations
    29 Jun 2017 - NICOSIA, 29 June 2017 - On 29 June, a CMP excavation team located the remains of at least one individual in a military area in Deryneia/Derinya. The CMP’s bi-communal excavation teams are continuing excavations at Voni/Gökhan, Bogazi/Boğaz and Kontemenos/ Kılıçarslan which are within military areas, and at Kioneli/Gönyeli, Agia Irini/Akdeniz, Galateia/Mehmetçik, Neo Chorio Kythreas/Minereliköy and Mari/Tatlısu village at Larnaka District.
  • Secretary-General's Message on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
    18 Jun 2017 - NEW YORK, 18 June 2017 - Today we pay tribute to the women, girls, men and boys who have suffered the atrocity of sexual violence in conflict, and we reaffirm our global commitment to eliminate this scourge.
  • Bi-communal IMAGINE project kicks off
    02 Jun 2017 - Press release on behalf of the Bi-communal Technical Committee on Education
  • CMP visit to United Nations Headquarters
    12 May 2017 - New York, 11 May 2017 - From 24 April to 5 May, two Cypriot researchers and the 3rd Member of the CMP searched confidential and publicly accessible United Nations archives from the 1963/4 and 1974 periods for information that could aid the discovery of possible burial sites of missing persons. Their effort yielded documents that will now be analysed by CMP investigators. A further visit will be required to complete the review of relevant archive holdings in New York.
  • CMP signs cooperation agreements with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Argentinian Forensic Anthropology Team
    10 Apr 2017 - Nicosia, 10 April 2017 - The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus is pleased to announce the signing of two separate Memoranda of Understanding with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Argentinian Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF).
  • United Kingdom donates 124,000 Euro to the CMP
    01 Apr 2017 - NICOSIA, 31 March 2017 - The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) wishes to express its sincere thanks to the United Kingdom for its donation of EUR 124,000 made today by H.E. Mr. Matthew Kidd, British High Commissioner to Cyprus, during a visit to the CMP Anthropological Laboratory. This brings direct British financial assistance to the CMP to a total of EUR 297,000 over the past ten years.
  • Turkey donates 92,000 Euros to the CMP
    29 Mar 2017 -
    NICOSIA, 29 March 2017 - The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) wishes to express its sincere thanks to Turkey for its donation of 92,000 EUR made today. This donation brings the Turkish financial assistance to the CMP to a total of EUR 826,000 over the past ten years.
  • The Secretary-General’s Report on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: A New Approach
    09 Mar 2017 - New York, 9 March 2017 - The Secretary-General today released his report on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: A New Approach for consideration by the General Assembly. 
  • Secretary-General's Message on International Women's Day 2017
    08 Mar 2017 - New York, 8 March 2017 - Women’s rights are human rights. But in these troubled times, as our world becomes more unpredictable and chaotic, the rights of women and girls are being reduced, restricted and reversed. Empowering women and girls is the only way to protect their rights and make sure they can realize their full potential.

  • The three Members of the Committee on Missing Persons, Mr. Paul-Henri Arni, Ms. Gülden Plümer Küçük and Mr. Nestoras Nestoros. (File photo)

    CMP Members meet with Missing Persons Family Representatives
    01 Mar 2017 - Nicosia, 1 March 2017 - Today, the three Members of the Committee on Missing Persons, Ms. Gülden Plümer Küçük, Mr. Nestoras Nestoros and Mr. Paul-Henri Arni, met with representatives of associations representing the families of missing persons.

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