Since my reply to Deputy McManus on 30 March on Question No. 47, the Government has again been in contact with the United Nations on the important question of missing persons in Cyprus. We have reiterated that we stand ready to provide any assistance which the UN considers could be helpful in this regard.
As indicated in my earlier replies, the question of missing persons is one of the important and sensitive issues which will have to be addressed in the context of the search for an overall political solution to the Cyprus question. In July 1981, a committee on missing persons was established, comprising a representative of each of the two communities on the island and a representative appointed by the UN Secretary General. However, progress proved difficult to achieve.