Mexico faces questions about missing from UN committee

[Judi Lynn]

Feb 2, 4:52 PM EST

Mexico faces questions about missing from UN committee

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico has made a priority of passing laws against forced disappearances and perfecting a database to track missing people, the country's permanent representative to the U.N. in Geneva said Monday.

Mexico's delegation faced the first of two days of questions from the U.N. Committee on Enforced Disappearances, which is monitoring implementation of the 2006 International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

The meeting came at a difficult time for Mexico, with the September disappearance of 43 college students at the hands of local police having captured the world's attention. Family members of some of the missing students were present as committee members asked Mexican officials about the case's investigation.

"The causes of this (the student disappearances) I believe have little to do with the institutional framework and more to do with the temporary situation that some parts of the country find themselves in, specifically the state of Guerrero," Mexican Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco said in an interview after the meeting.

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[giftedgirl77]

1. Geez, I misread the headline at first & thought there was

a missing U.N. Committee in Mexico.