On June 30, Baku hosted an international conference on "Modern approaches to resolving the issue of missing persons and strengthening cooperation", has been held in cooperation with the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).

Azerbaijani officials presented updated figures showing 4,010 people registered as missing, 11,542 biological donor samples collected, remains believed to belong to 893 missing persons discovered, and 327 individuals identified through forensic examination as of June 30, 2026. The event was framed by Azerbaijani participants as both a humanitarian appeal and a political reminder that unresolved wartime disappearances remain one of the deepest wounds of the South Caucasus conflict.

Missing persons are not simply a statistical category produced by conflict. They represent fathers who never returned, daughters whose last moments remain unknown, soldiers buried without names, and families condemned to live between hope and mourning.

It should be noted that since 2002, at the UN General Assembly, resolutions on the issue of missing persons have been introduced every two years on the initiative of Azerbaijan and are adopted by consensus.

The figures presented at the conference are staggering. Azerbaijani........

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