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EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT CALLED UPON THE EU COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT
TO THE MISSING PERSONS COMMITTEE (16.03.2007)
The European
Parliament has adopted a draft resolution calling upon the EU
Council to provide financial support to the work of the Autonomous
Missing Persons Committee.
European
Parliament’s General Assembly in the resolution referring to the
decisions of the UN in particular, the EU, European Council and the
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the issue of missing
persons, drew attention to the humanitarian side of the issue for
both sides in the island.
The resolution
reminded that the Committee, which was established to search the
issue of missing persons between Turkish and Greek Cypriots,
restarted its studies with the UN’s initiative and pointed out that
some progress was achieved as a result of these studies. The
resolution recommended that the Committee should accelerate its
studies in sincere cooperation and honesty with both Turkish and
Greek Cypriot sides and called upon the Committee to abide by the
ECHR’s decisions regarding the issue.
The resolution
also requested the EU Commission, Council and the Parliament to
efficiently deal with the issue.
The Autonomous
Missing Persons Committee evaluating the resolution stated that the
European Parliament welcomed the studies of the Committee and called
for the continuation its studies.
16 March 2007
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