A/HRC/10/28 page 9 VI. RECENT MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF MISSING PERSONS 25. In its resolution 7/28, the Council urged States and encourages intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to take all necessary measures at the national, regional and international levels to address the problem of persons reported missing in connection with armed conflicts and to provide appropriate assistance as requested by the concerned States. Although a great deal of information in this regard is contained in the report of the Secretary-General on missing persons (A/63/299), there have been subsequent developments. 26. In Nepal, on the International Day of the Disappeared on 30 August 2008, ICRC and the Nepal Red Cross Society published the names of more than 1,200 people reported missing by their relatives between 1996 and 2006. ICRC appealed to the Government of Nepal to clarify the fate of those who went missing during the country’s 10-year armed conflict. In February 2007, ICRC published a list of 812 names of missing persons, which resulted in 33 families learning the fate of their loved ones. It also organized two seminars, beginning on 14 December 2008 at the Institute of Medicine in Kathmandu, to enhance forensic skills for the accurate identification of human remains. 27. On 3 October 2008, ICRC and the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons of Armenia signed a framework agreement to help clarify the fate of thousands of people who went missing in connection with the Nagorny Karabakh conflict. The agreement will provide a basis for the collection of detailed data on the missing persons from their families. Ante-mortem data typically include photographs and details of the physical characteristics of missing persons, as well as personal effects and clothing they may have been wearing at the time of their disappearance. The information is transmitted to the authorities to assist with future identification of remains. Similar agreements were signed, in April 2008 with the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons of Azerbaijan, and with an equivalent body in Nagorny Karabakh, on 20 October 2008. It has been estimated that more than 4,000 families are still waiting for news of relatives missing in connection with the Nagorny Karabakh conflict. 28. On 16 October 2008, ICRC reported that a memorandum of understanding aimed at clarifying the fate of persons reported missing in connection with the 1980-1988 war had been signed by the Government of Iraq, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and ICRC. Although both Governments had already attempted to determine what happened to those still unaccounted for, it was the first time a document of this nature was signed by both countries with ICRC. The document establishes a clear framework for collecting information and for sharing it between the two countries, and for handing over mortal remains, tasks to be performed by experts from both countries with the support of ICRC. Following the signature of the memorandum on 16 October 2008, 41 Iranian human remains in Iraq and 200 Iraqi human remains in Iran were transferred to their respective homelands on 30 November 2008. 29. Since the beginning of the conflict between Georgia and the Russian Federation in August 2008, ICRC has been providing assistance to approximately 500 people who have approached it in Tblisi, seeking its help in searching for missing relatives. In October 2008, ICRC continued to receive tracing requests from people trying to locate missing family members. It reported some progress in its efforts; from 30 August to December 2008,