[SAN SALVADOR, 2 September 2009] - The Salvadorian government will set up a national commission to search for children that disappeared during the internal armed conflict (1980-1992).

This decision is in accordance with a decree of the International Court of Human Rights concerning the case of sisters Erlinda and Ernestina Serrano Cruz, declared Chancellor Hugo Martinez.

According to the foreign minister, creation of a commission will solve an historical debt with the Salvadorian people that previous administrations refused to comply with.

Humanitarian groups said that during the 12 years of the armed conflict, 491 children disappeared and many of them were adopted or are living abroad.

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