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Missing Persons Resource Center (MPRC) continues with activities to mark August 30, 2021 International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances LEARN MORE
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Missing Persons Resource Center jointly with members of the family association of missing persons “Kosovski stradalnici” from Belgrade, marked of 30th of August, International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. LEARN MORE

Improve access to information

Improve access to information and materials on missing persons for all interested parties and hold the government accountable in fulfilling its obligations in enlightening the fate of all the missing persons.

Bring communities together

Serve as a neutral meeting and information sharing venue for the families of missing persons from all ethnic backgrounds n Kosovo

Increase awareness and understanding

Increase awareness and understanding of the general public on missing persons in Kosovo;

About us

The NGO “Missing Persons Resource Center” is a unique organization in Kosovo that brings together families of missing persons from all ethnic backgrounds, encouraging cooperation among them with an aim of sharing knowledge towards enlightening the fate of missing persons in Kosovo. The principal mission of the “Missing Persons Resource Center” is to serve as a constant reminder to the government in fulfilling their obligations in enlightening the fate of all missing persons in Kosovo.

Missing Persons Resource Center was established in March 2017 by representatives of the Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb families of missing persons and it was funded by UNMIK for the first 18 months. Today, Missing Persons Resource Center has the British Embassy, US Embassy, Swiss Embassy as key strategic support partners and works in cooperation with the Office of the President of Kosovo, Government Commission on Missing Persons, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – OHCHR/UNMIK Human Rights Section, European Union Office in Kosovo, United Nations Development Programme – UNDP Kosovo, International Commission on Missing Persons – ICMP Kosovo, International Committee of the Red Cross – ICRC Kosovo, Kosovo United States Alumni – KUSA Kosovo, NGO Integra, NGO Center for Peace and Tolerance, NGO Humanitarian Law Center, forumZFD and NGO New Perspektiva.

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“The Missing Persons Resource Center remains committed to enlightening the fate of missing persons and will use every opportunity available in Kosovo and internationally to raise its voice until the last person is found.”
Bajram Qerkinaj and Milorad Trifunovic, co-founders of the MPRC
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“There were many cases when families would gather to wait for the bodies of their relatives, Serbs and Albanians together. It is difficult to see mothers who have lost their children waiting. My mother has passed away, but I can never forget what she told me before dying, “Don’t come to me at the other world without having some news about your brother”

Milorad Trifunoviq
Representative of the Kosovo Serb families of missing persons

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