UNMIK/PR/1015
Friday, 1 August 2003

Group Handover of 43 Mortal Remains from Meja

PRISTINA - The Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF), in cooperation with the CIVPOL Missing Persons Unit (MPU), will release 43 mortal remains, which were transferred from Batajnica in Serbia proper on 23 July, to the affected families for reburial in Meja today.

MPU/OMPF teams, together with the family association "27 Prill" and members of the Gjakova Municipal Commission for Missing Persons, informed the families on 30 July. Psycho-social support was also offered to family members by ICRC representatives.

A group reburial will take place from 1200 hours at a commemorative site located just outside Meja.

For Press requiring further information regarding the handovers, please contact Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) on 038-504-604-5153. Family members should call OMPF Outreach on 038-504-604 6576.