Tuesday, 15 December 2009 04:21 DAP-NEWS
(Posted by CAAI news Media)
The vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Christine Beerli, on Monday handed over digitized tracing files on half a million people to the Cambodian Red Cross during a ceremony in Phnom Penh, a press release from the ICRC said.
Beerli is taking part in a series of events commemorating 30 years of ICRC presence in Cambodia and meeting Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni. She will also hold talks with prime minister Hun Sen and other government officials.
The files the ICRC has handed over to the Cambodian Red Cross contain details of people separated from their loved ones by war since 1975.
“Over 200,000 people have asked the ICRC for information about their relatives and almost half of them have been reunited with their families. In many cases, the ICRC was able to re-establish contact between family members,” said Beerli.
“We hope that these files will enable the Cambodian Red Cross to continue helping families shed light on the fate of missing relatives.”
The ICRC supports physical rehabilitation services that benefit thousands of Cambodians each year and works closely with the Cambodian Red Cross, particularly to promote international huma-nitarian law and humanitarian principles.
The ICRC also visits detainees and supports Cambodian authorities in their efforts to improve sanitation in places of detention.
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