Over 17,800 people are still listed as missing following the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the regional office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Belgrade disclosed on Wednesday.
"For years, the Red Cross office has striven to bring about more answers on the fate of the missing people to their families," news from Belgrade quoted the office head Paul Henri Arni as saying.
The figures, released on the eve of the International Day of the Disappeared which falls on Aug. 30, show that as of this July there are 13,449 people listed as missing in Bosnia, 2,386 in Croatia and 2,047 in Kosovo.
Arni said families have been left in hopeless situation and that it is of utmost importance to devote more time to the question of missing persons.
国际红十字会的一个地方官员,星期四在贝尔格莱德揭露:在1990年前南斯拉夫的冲突中还有超过17.800的人口被列在失踪的人命单中.
贝尔格莱德的新闻界引用官方领导人的话说:很多年以来红十字会的官员努力给失去家人的家庭给予更多关于失踪者命运的消息.
这个数字是在8月30日国际失踪者纪念日的前夕发布的,数字显示到今年的7月以来波斯尼亚失踪的人数为13.449人.克罗地亚2.386,科索沃2047人.
Arni说:失去家人的家庭现在非常的无助和绝望现在最重要的就是抓紧时间来解决失踪的人口问题.
