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12 June 2025 – Press Release “Bringing Truth to Families”: Head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria Briefs the UN General Assembly for the First Time 

12 June 2025 – Informal briefing by the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic General Assembly, 79th session

The Independent Institution was established by the UN General Assembly in June 2023 and is dedicated to determining the fate and whereabouts of all missing persons in Syria, and to supporting survivors and families of the missing. 

The Independent Institution will never request a fee for its work, and survivors and families may always deal with the Independent Institution directly if they so choose, and there is no requirement for them to use any intermediary to communicate with us. If you have any doubt, or have information about false representation of the Independent Institution, contact us at iimp-syria@un.org and/or visit the fraud alert page.