Under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) a meeting on preparation of coordination mechanism for persons unaccounted for since the hostilities in South Ossetia in August 2008 and after was convened in Geneva. As David Sanakoev, Human Rights Commissioner, in his phone conversation with RES Agency, the meeting was a step forward in the process of clarifying the fates of people missing in the hostilities in August 2008.
"The meeting participants exchanged lists of missing persons. The South Ossetian side has raised a number of questions, which are now under discussion", reported the HR Commissioner.
Together with David Sanakoev, Merab Chigoev, the Deputy Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement, is also participating in the missing coordination mechanism meeting for the South Ossetian side. For the Russian side, representatives of the Defense Ministry and Investigation Committee to the RF Prosecutor's Office, as well as the RF Permanent Representative in Geneva, are participating in the meeting. For the Georgian side, representatives of the Georgian Ministry of Interior and Special Georgia's Representative in Geneva attended the meeting in Geneva.
