SARAJEVO, MAY 2 (ONASA-Hina) – A proposal for a resolution commemorating the genocide against the Bosniaks of Srebrenica, committed in July 1995, has been agreed, and it should be discussed during the session of the United Nations General Assembly in May, confirmed BiH Ambassador to the UN Zlatko Lagumdžija.
Lagumdžija stated on the X social network that the process of harmonizing the resolution, whose formal proponents are Germany and Rwanda, has been completed and sent to the President of the UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis, so its text will be presented to the member states of the world organization from which support is expected.
The resolution calls for July 11 to be established as an international day of remembrance for the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica, once again condemns all actions that glorify the perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide established by the judgments of international courts, emphasizes the importance of completing the search for the remains of the remaining victims who have not been found so far and calls for the continuation of the prosecution of the perpetrators of genocide who are still at large.
The resolution intends to call on all states to fully comply with their obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, respect the international customary law on the prevention and punishment of genocide, and respect the relevant decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The Secretary General of the UN is being asked to establish an information program called “Genocide in Srebrenica and the United Nations”, which should be in place as early as next year when the 30th anniversary of that crime is marked.
All UN member states, as well as non-governmental organizations and civil society, the proposers of the resolution simultaneously call for appropriate activities to commemorate and honor the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica in 1995.
The most influential Western countries and important Islamic countries signed up as sponsors of the resolution, and Slovenia and North Macedonia are its sponsors among the countries of the Southeast European region.
Serbia, on the other hand, firmly opposes the adoption of the resolution and is doing everything possible to convince as many UN members as possible to at least abstain from voting at the General Assembly.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik insist that this resolution is an attempt to impose collective guilt on the Serbian people, and they repeatedly insist that there was no genocide in Srebrenica, even though this was confirmed by the judgments of the Hague Tribunal and the ICJ.
In July 1995, after the occupation of Srebrenica, which was declared a zone under UN protection, members of the Bosnian Serb army and police systematically and systematically killed more than eight thousand Bosniak men and boys, while women and children were expelled from the enclave.
Bosnian Serb wartime political and military leaders Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić were sentenced to life imprisonment for planning and carrying out the genocide in Srebrenica.