Idil Cazimoglu, who appears in The Elders' documentary about the search for missing persons in Cyprus, reflects on growing up on a divided island and says it is up to ordinary Cypriots to build a shared future in which both communities live together in peace.

Reflecting on his years of peace-building work, Nicos Anastasiou argues that the acknowledgement of each other's pain can help to transform divisive memories of the past into a vehicle for building trust in the present.

Rana Zincir Celal coordinates the Cyprus Chapter of the Greek-Turkish Forum. Following a meeting between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot women and Elders' Lakhdar Brahimi and Gro Brundtland, she writes about the need for women to be more involved in the peace process in Cyprus