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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11611

30 August 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 15
EXTERNAL ACTION / Humanitarian
ICRC calls on international community to stop indifference to tragedy of missing persons
Brussels, 29/08/2016 (Agence Europe)

Speaking ahead of the International Day of the Disappeared, which is held annually on 30 August, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has called on governments to stop their indifference to the humanitarian issue of missing people, which too often goes in silence.

"This is a tragedy affecting millions, but it remains vastly unacknowledged and under-reported. Such indifference is extremely disturbing.  Disappearances are often a sensitive social and...