Vast number of cases remains unsolved despite the end of the decades-long Tamil war.
Sri Lanka has announced to set up an office to trace thousands of people still missing seven years after the defeat of separatist Tamil Tiger rebels.
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said the cabinet had approved the creation of an Office of Missing Persons to investigate the disappearance of more than twenty thousand people.
It will be asked to recommend compensation to bereaved families.
He said a vast number of cases remain unsolved despite the end of the decades-long Tamil separatist war in May 2009.
