United States of America donated 60.000 dollars to the Committee on Missing Persons.
According to the written statement of the Committee on Missing Persons, the Ambassador of the United States of America in Cyprus, H.E. Ms Kathleen A. Doherty visited the anthropological laboratory of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) in Nicosia. On this occasion, the CMP expressed its sincere thanks to the United States of America for its latest donation of USD 60,000 in support of the work of the CMP. It was also expressed that this donation brings the United States financial assistance to the CMP to a total of EUR 501,750 over the past ten years.
So far, 614 missing persons from both communities have been identified and returned to their families for a dignified burial.