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China has donated €6,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus, supporting the painstaking effort to identify remains and return them to their families.
The contribution was received Aug. 26 and brings China’s total financial support to the committee to €26,000 since 2019.
On paper, it may look like a relatively modest donation. But for families still waiting for news of a missing parent, sibling or grandparent, every contribution helps keep the search moving.
The money will support the committee’s work during 2026, including excavations, scientific identification and the return of remains for a proper burial. The goal is not only to identify the missing, but also to bring an end to the uncertainty their relatives have carried for decades.
The Committee on Missing Persons, commonly known as the CMP, was established in 1981 under United Nations auspices following an agreement between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities.
Its bicommunal project to locate, exhume and identify the remains of missing people began operating in 2006. The European Union remains its largest financial supporter.
So far, 1,081 Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot missing persons have been identified and returned to their families.
Each identification represents more than a statistic. It means a family finally learning what happened, receiving the remains of a loved one and being able to hold a dignified funeral, sometimes more than half a century after that person disappeared.
