|
|
|
Cyprus PIO: News Update in English, 99-06-01
From: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>
Tuesday, 1 June 1999
CONTENTS
- [01] Cyprus delegation to participate in EU Parliamentary Committees
meeting
- [02] Foreign experts begin exhumation of the remains of war dead
[01] Cyprus delegation to participate in EU Parliamentary Committees
meeting
A delegation of the Foreign and European Affairs Committee of the Cyprus
House of Representatives, headed its President Mr Tassos Papadopoulos, has
departed for Berlin on Sunday to participate in the 20th Meeting of the
Parliamentary European Affairs Committees of the European Parliament, the
European Union member-states and the EU applicant countries.
The meeting will deal with various issues, such as EU common foreign and
security policy, European Union enlargement, trade relations between the EU
and the US and Latin America and matters relating to "Agenda 2000".
[02] Foreign experts begin exhumation of the remains of war dead
A team of experts of the international non-governmental organisation
"Physicians for Human Rights", arrived in Cyprus on Friday to exhume and
examine remains belonging to Greek Cypriot and Greek war dead of the 1974
Turkish invasion, for identification purposes.
The exhumations which will begin this week are taking place solely for
humanitarian purposes. Their main objective is to restore and respect the
rights of relatives of war dead to be informed of their identity in a
convincing manner.
The team, which includes anthropologists archaeologists and pathologists,
led by Professor William Haglund, has extensive experience in exhuming and
identifying remains from its work world-wide and more recently in Rwanda,
Bosnia, Somalia and Croatia.
Exhumations will be carried out at two cemeteries, Ayios Constantinos and
Eleni Cemetery in Nicosia and the Military Cemetery in Lakatamia.
Scientific examinations of the remains will then be carried out at a
laboratory in Nicosia, established for this purpose. Samples will then be
analysed at the Institute of Genetics and Neurology in order to scientifically
establish their identity. When the identity is established, the remains
will be handed to the relatives for proper burial.
From the Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) Server at http://www.pio.gov.cy/
|
