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.