Over 100,000 Missing People Is a Global Crisis: Red Cross

United Nations: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said over 100,000 people around the world are missing, which has created a global crisis.

Agnes Coutou, the organization’s protection adviser, told the UN General Assembly’s human rights committee that this is the highest number they have ever had.She added that this is the tip of the iceberg and that it represents only a fraction of those estimated to be missing because of past and ongoing conflicts.

Coutou further said the organization is also calling for upholding families’ right to know the fate and whereabouts of missing relatives and exchanging good practices and tapping into expertise on the missing.

The International Committee of the Red Cross works with the families of missing persons and authorities in over 40 countries affected by past and current conflicts.

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