At a press conference held today, Minister of Justice Nekibe Kelmendi  accompanied by the co-heads of Department of Forensic Medicine, Arsim Gerxhaliu and Alan Robinson from EULEX, presented the work and activity of which are conducted by the Office for Missing Persons and Forensics in the period from 9 December 2008 to December 8 2009. 

In this conference Minister Kelmendi  announced that the Ministry of Justice has worked continuously to know as quick as possible the fate of missing  persons 

During three months from the date of the promise of President Sejdiu and Minister Kelmendi before  striking mothers from the NGO "The cries of Mothers-Thirrjet e Nenave" was done a lot of work, that for the Ministry of Justice extremely large, since the process is related close to the time of action. 

Minister Kelmendi announced that during this three months period have been carried out these works: "375 new samples are sent to ICMP in Sarajevo and Tuzëll and that only to Bajina Bashta and Batajnica. 160 positive results were returned by ICMP, of which 34 have resulted in the new identification , while others are reunions. There have been 26 exhumation , 33 bodies were found  33 bodies have been returned to relatives for rebury, where one of them is Mr. Saraqini-husband of one of the striking mother. 

Also, in this period in the record time of 40 days was built and completed with special tape the  refrigerator, which serves to put the mortal remains awaiting the identification. 

Thus  the director of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Arsim Gerxhaliu announced that during the period December 9, 2008 until December 8, 2009, were performed total of 135 field operations, including exhumations. 

"The number of exhumations is 78, the number of bone samples taken for DNA analysis is 621, the number of exhumed individuals is 101, the number of visits to families is 82, the number of deaths and delivered to families is 80 , the number of identified individuals awaiting hando-ver (with the acceptance  of families ) is 154, the number of meetings held with the Associations of Families, Families and NGOs (with the exception of Delivery – Admissions and Visits to Families) is 101, while the number of documents issued for information to civil society is 16 ", informed Mr. Gerxhaliu. 

At this conference also was appreciated the coordination of the works  and cooperation that the Ministry of Justice has with EULEX.