Missing persons day marked in Kosovo

A number of events in Kosovo and Serbia proper Thursday marked International Missing Persons Day. UNMIK chief Joachim Ruecker said that, despite progress in shedding light on the fate of the missing, there was still much to be done, Beta news agency reported from Kosovo. Missing persons day marked in Kosovo He added that the problem could not be solved by domestic institutions or UNMIK, but called for support "from the citizens of Serbia and Kosovo". Kosovo Deputy Premier Lutfi Haziri said that, parallel with resolving the status issue, Kosovo will work on resolving the fate of the missing. Some 100 members of families of the kidnapped and missing Kosovo Serbs held a protest rally at the center of Gracanica, and demanded that the status issue be put on hold until the kidnapped and missing persons issue was resolved. A spokesman for the association for missing persons, Borivoje Adjancic, called on the representatives of the international community and Kosovo government to help the families of the kidnapped and missing to find out what happened to their loved ones. Around 100 members of families of the kidnapped and missing from Kosovo also gathered on the main town square in Kraljevo, southern Serbia, demanding that the international community and Serbian government officials determine what happened to their relatives. On the occasion of International Missing Persons Day, the Humanitarian Law Fund, a Belgrade-based NGO, urged the authorized in Belgrade to help uncover the facts about the missing in the wars of the former Yugoslavia. The fund in its news release stresses that "without learning the full truth about the fate of the missing, Serbian society will not be able to face the crimes that were committed on their behalf in the past."

Missing persons day marked in Kosovo

He added that the problem could not be solved by domestic institutions or UNMIK, but called for support "from the citizens of Serbia and Kosovo".

Kosovo Deputy Premier Lutfi Haziri said that, parallel with resolving the status issue, Kosovo will work on resolving the fate of the missing.

Some 100 members of families of the kidnapped and missing Kosovo Serbs held a protest rally at the center of Gračanica, and demanded that the status issue be put on hold until the kidnapped and missing persons issue was resolved.

A spokesman for the association for missing persons, Borivoje Adjančić, called on the representatives of the international community and Kosovo government to help the families of the kidnapped and missing to find out what happened to their loved ones.

Around 100 members of families of the kidnapped and missing from Kosovo also gathered on the main town square in Kraljevo, southern Serbia, demanding that the international community and Serbian government officials determine what happened to their relatives.

On the occasion of International Missing Persons Day, the Humanitarian Law Fund, a Belgrade-based NGO, urged the authorized in Belgrade to help uncover the facts about the missing in the wars of the former Yugoslavia.

The fund in its news release stresses that "without learning the full truth about the fate of the missing, Serbian society will not be able to face the crimes that were committed on their behalf in the past."