Apologies for the lack of updates, but we have been engaging in some quiet consultations with people and organisations involved in the project. Here is a quick summary of where we are:

• In February 2006, we wrote to Mittal Steel offering an analysis of the project and some constructive ideas on how to create a more sustainable survivor-led memorial project. Download a copy of our briefing

• On February 20, 2006, partly in respons to our criticisms of the previous phase of the project, Mittal Steel suspended the work of Soul of Europe and announced that they remain ready to implement a solution that has wider agreement among the community.

• Since that time, we have consulted with the local organisations who have been working on the concept of a memorial at Omarska and they have all signed up to a joint letter to Mittal Steel pointing out that there is indeed agreement among the local community about how to proceed. Download a copy of the letter in English

• Mittal Steel are now consulting about next steps and we await their decision to continue the project.

• The petition now stands at over 2,000 names (2056 as of today, if my counting is correct!) in support of a survivor-led memorial project.