Despite the liberation of Kuwait, there are 605 prisoners of war (POWs) still languishing in Iraqi prisons. The Kuwait government established the NCMPA on May 5, 1991 to keep track of these men and women and to fight for their freedom. In addition to its role of co-ordinating efforts to relieve the physical and mental distress and ensure the financial security of the relatives of missing persons, the NCMPA was also entrusted with the task of establishing and completing the files on all Kuwaiti missing persons so that the Iraqi government could be formally approached about the issue.

With help from Kuwaiti governmental and non-governmental organisations as well as Kuwaiti citizens,