BEIRUT, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese parliament passed Monday a law aimed at creating a national commission to investigate the fate of the disappeared during the 1975-1990 civil war, the National News Agency reported.
Families of the Lebanese who disappeared in the 15-year civil war previously held several sit-ins calling upon the authorities to establish a national commission to find these missing people.
An estimated 17,000 Lebanese people, including civilians and soldiers, went missing during the civil war.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun suggested in April that a national database be established to include all missing persons and their information to raise public awareness.
Also in April, a campaign, titled "the list of disappeared in all of Lebanon," was announced to push for a law demanding the establishment of an independent national body to reveal the fate of the missing in the civil war.
