# Final Declaration Adopted Within the Framework of the Baku Dialogue

Participants of the IV International Conference of the Baku Dialogue on Missing Persons called on the UN to facilitate the creation of a special mechanism to address the issue of persons missing as a result of armed conflicts.

As reported by BAKU.WS with reference to Report, the corresponding call is contained in the final declaration of the international conference "Building Trust and Developing Effective Mechanisms and Solutions to the Problem of Missing Persons."

The conference participants stated that they were guided by the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, on the protection of victims of war and the Additional Protocols of 1977, as well as resolutions of the UN General Assembly and Security Council on the issues of missing persons.

The document contains a reminder of the obligation of states to take all necessary measures to register persons missing as a result of armed conflicts and to determine their fates.

The authors of the declaration expressed deep concern over the growing number of mass graves discovered in various regions of the world and reaffirmed the right of families to receive information about the fate of their missing relatives.

The document also emphasizes the importance of resolving the problem of missing persons for building trust, promoting reconciliation, and establishing sustainable peace.

The contribution of the Baku Dialogue on Missing Persons to raising awareness about this humanitarian issue and developing practical cooperation was separately noted.

The conference participants called for all necessary measures to be taken to prevent the disappearance of people, to search for persons reported missing, to determine their fates, and to inform their families.

"We call on states to share all available information relevant to the discovery and identification of missing persons, including information about the locations of individual and mass graves," the declaration states.

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