IOFOS Newsletter. 2012 ; Nov 34(2):21-4. This year’s International Meeting on Forensic Medicine Alpe – Adria –Pannonia, the 21st such meeting, was organized by the Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo. The main topic of the meeting was ExhumationExamination- Identification due to the issue of missing persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which arose as a consequence of the war in former Yugoslavia and still presents a great burden for the families and a challenge for the forensic experts. The meeting was structured into five scientific sessions, a workshop, an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) symposium, poster presentations and the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) session. There were approximately 170 participants from 19 European countries, USA and Argentina so the symposium presented both a regional and international character.