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Press releases and statements

8 October 2025 - Press Conference Statement by Assistant Secretary-General Karla Quintana, Head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria

1 October 2025 - The Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria convened its inaugural Advisory Board meeting

3 September 2025 - PRESS RELEASE: The Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria Announces the Composition of First Advisory Board

30 August 2025 - PRESS RELEASE: The Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria Stands with Families on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

4 July 2025 - The Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic concludes its visit to Damascus and Beirut

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

19 May 2025 –  Call for nominations to join the Independent Institution’s first Advisory Board

10 February 2025 – Supporting a Syrian Path to Truth: Landmark Visit of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria to Damascus

28 January 2025 – Karla Quintana, Head of the Indepdendent Institution: Speech at EU Parliament Panel on “Syria: Exchange of views on truth, justice and accountability”

21 January 2025 – Statement by Karla Quintana, Assistant Secretary-General, Head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic 

19 December 2024 – Secretary-General appoints Ms. Karla Quintana of Mexico as Head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic

12 December 2024 – Statement: Families must be at the center of the search for the missing