Potocari (BETAPHOTO/KONSTANTIN NOVAKOVIC)
A motion for adopting a Resolution at the UN General Assembly meeting on April 27, initiated by “the Bosniak members of the Bosnia and Herzegovina delegation to the UN, headed by Ambassador Zlatko Lagumdzija” and backed by the West, envisages that July 11 be designated as “an International Day of Remembrance of the Genocide” which would be observed annually across the globe, Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti writes in its April 2 issue.
The text of the Resolution, which the daily has seen, also condemns “genocide denial” and requires that “all established facts be maintained through curriculums in all countries in the world.”
The proposed text underlines the importance of completing the process of finding and identifying the remaining victims of the Srebrenica genocide and ensuring proper funeral services for them. The document also “requests from the secretary general to establish an information program titled “The Srebrenica Genocide and the UN,” the daily reports, noting that Germany is at the forefront of the lobbying effort.
On March 29, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that a motion for a Resolution on the Srebrenica genocide would be on the UN General Assembly agenda in late April, which, he said, would be followed by demands for abolishing Republika Srpska, the Serb entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and also for war reparations to be paid by Belgrade.
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