On the initiative of the ICRC, a monument to missing persons will be  set   in Yerevan

ArmInfo. On the initiative of the International Committee of the Red Cross, a monument to missing persons will be erected in Yerevan. In this connection, on  November 23, at a reception dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the  ICRC's activities, Armenia, the presentation of the monument's  project took place.

The head of the ICRC delegation in Yerevan, Caroline Douilliez, recalled during her welcome speech that the  delegation began its activity in Armenia after the collapse of the  USSR, when the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict flared up. 

"Our offices were simultaneously opened in Yerevan and Baku, when our  employees had to work with the immediate victims of the conflict, the  families of the deceased and the missing, refugees." Today the ICRC  works with the residents of border villages, actively cooperates with  the Armenian Red Cross Society and the Ministry of Emergency  Measures, visits prisoners , visits prisoners and provides contact  with relatives, as well as facilitates the return of prisoners to  their homes, and the transfer of bodies of the victims to their  homeland, "she noted. In this context, the head of the ICRC's Yerevan  office stated that one of the most tragic moments today is the  problem of missing people, as they have parents, children who are  still waiting.

According to Caroline Douilliez, these people can not turn the page, forget, stop  suffering, while those around them do not always understand the  experiences of these people. "The experience of the ICRC shows that  even such a response is better than uncertainty." The process of  finding the victims and reburial also requires great humanism and  courage. In this regard, I would like to express gratitude to the  Armenian authorities and a public organization for cooperation, "she  summed up.

A small photo exhibition and a production dedicated to the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were also presented at the event, where  expositions depicting experiences, pain, and fear of people affected  by the conflict were presented.