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ICRC to organize photo exhibitions on persons missing in connection with Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

26 August 2008 11:17 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is commemorating the International Day of the Disappeared (30 August) with photo exhibitions in Barda and Baku that focus on the continuing tragedy of persons missing in connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. ICRC Delegation in Azerbaijan told APA that the exhibitions will be held between 27 and 30 August in Barda’s art gallery and on 29 August in Baku’s Modern Art Centre.

The theme of the two exhibitions is "Help clarify their fate". The events are intended to raise public awareness on the issue of persons who went missing in the relation to the conflict and the continuing anguish of their families. The exhibitions display over 40 photos of families of persons unaccounted for and film sequences in which the families express the agony of uncertainty regarding their loved ones.

"The ICRC regrets that one of the most serious problems in humanitarian terms caused by this conflict is still affecting thousands of families day-in, day-out," said Susana Lopez, Protection Coordinator of the ICRC Delegation in Azerbaijan.

The ICRC works in close cooperation with Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons, the body whose task it is to deal with this issue.