ICRC News Release No. 15/00335

URGENT PRESS INFORMATION ON MISSING PERSONS IN NEPAL

29 April 2015

New Delhi (ICRC) – Following the earthquake that occurred in Nepal on 25 April 2015, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has activated its tracing mechanism to enable it find those separated from their loved ones by the disaster.

Its web service dedicated to this activity is http://familylinks.icrc.org/nepal-earthquake/. It is both in English and Nepali languages. This website makes it possible to:

Search through the list of missing persons and of those people who have responded that they are alive

Register names of persons who wish to inform others that they are alive

Register names of persons with whom they have lost contact

On the provision of these information, the Red Cross Movement will endeavor to locate those registered as missing and post the results on the website.

This is a public service information and we kindly request your media organization to give it wide and consistent publicity.

For further information, please contact:

Adebayo Olowo-Ake, ICRC New Delhi, tel: + 91 9711309561

email: aolowoake@icrc.org

Krishna Chalisey, ICRC Kathmandu, tel: + 977 9851000602

email: krichalisey@icrc.org

or visit our website: www.icrc.org

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Pictures from Kathmandu and nearby villages (Courtesy IFRC):

ICRC New Delhi