15 godina nakon genocida u Srebrenici koji se desio 11 jula 1995.godine.
11 juli je obilježen kao dan komemoracije u Srebrenici od strane Evropske Unije.Usvojena je i rezolucija o srebreničkom genocidu sa 556 glasova za u Evropskom parlamentu, 9 glasova protiv i 22 glasa suzdržana. Evropski parlament u ovoj rezoluciji naziva genocid u Srebrenici najvećim ratnim zločinom koji se desio poslije II Svjetskog rata.
Proglašavjući 11 juli danom sjećanja na genocid u Srebrenici, Evropska povjerenica za vanjske poslove Benita Ferrero-Waldner istakla je da ovaj dan predstavlja korak ka pomirenju naroda u Bosni i Hercegovini.
Evropski parlament je naglasio da pomirenje predstavlja važan dio evropskog integracionog procesa u kojem isto tako važnu ulogu igraju vjerske zajednice, mediji i sistemi obrazovanja u BIH.
“Anybody who kills a single human being commits a crime, but those who commit genocide represent an international and political challenge.” (posted by Srebrenica genocide 7/11/1995/)
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
2004/2009 Session document 12.01.2009.
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
pursuant to Rule 103(4) of the Rules of Procedure, by
– Doris Pack, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group
– Hannes Swoboda and Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group
– Diana Wallis and Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the ALDE Group
– Adam Bielan, Ryszard Czarnecki, Konrad Szymański, Ewa Tomaszewska,
Salvatore Tatarella, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka and Mieczysław Edmund
Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group
– Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Gisela Kallenbach, Angelika Beer, Raül Romeva i Rueda,
Cem Özdemir, Sepp Kusstatscher and Joost Lagendijk, on behalf of the
Verts/ALE Group
– Erik Meijer and Roberto Musacchio, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group
replacing the motions by the following groups:
– PPE-DE (B6-0022/2009)
– PSE (B6-0023/2009)
– ALDE (B6-0024/2009)
– UEN (B6-0025/2009)
– GUE/NGL (B6-0026/2009)
– Verts/ALE (B6-0027/2009)
on Srebrenica
European Parliament resolution on Srebrenica
The European Parliament,
– having regard to its resolution of 7 July 2005 on 'The Balkans: 10 years after Srebrenica',
– having regard to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union
and Bosnia and Herzegovina signed on 16 June 2008 and the prospect of EU membership
held out to all the countries of the western Balkans at the EU summit in Thessaloniki in
2003,
– having regard to Rule 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas in July 1995, the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, which was at that time an isolated
enclave proclaimed a Protected Zone by a United Nations Security Council Resolution of 16
April 1993, fell into the hands of the Serbian militias led by General Ratko Mladić and under
the direction of the then President of the Republika Srpska, Radovan Karadžić,
B. whereas, during several days of carnage after the fall of Srebrenica, more than 8000 Muslim
men and boys, who had sought safety in this area under the protection of the United Nations
Protection Force (UNPROFOR), were summarily executed by Bosnian Serb forces
commanded by General Mladić and by paramilitary units, including Serbian irregular police
units which had entered Bosnian territory from Serbia; whereas nearly 25 000 women,
children and elderly people were forcibly deported, making this event the biggest war crime
to take place in Europe since the end of the Second World War,
C. whereas this tragedy, declared an act of genocide by the ICTY, took place in a UNproclaimed
safe haven, and therefore stands as a symbol of the impotence of the international
community to intervene in the conflict and protect the civilian population,
D. having regard to the multiple violations of the Geneva Conventions perpetrated by Bosnian
Serb troops against Srebrenica's civilian population, including deportations of thousands of
women, children and elderly people and the rape of a large number of women,
E. whereas in spite of the enormous efforts made to date to discover and exhume mass and
individual graves and identify the bodies of the victims, the searches conducted until now do
not permit a complete reconstruction of the events in and around Srebrenica,
F. whereas there cannot be real peace without justice and whereas full and unrestricted
cooperation with the ICTY remains a basic requirement for further continuation of the
process of integration into the EU for the countries of the western Balkans,
G. whereas General Radislav Krstić of the Bosnian Serb army is the first person found guilty by
the ICTY of aiding and abetting the Srebrenica genocide, but whereas the most prominent
indicted person, Ratko Mladić, is still at large almost fourteen years after the tragic events,
and whereas it is to be welcomed that Radovan Karadžić now has been transferred to the
ICTY,
H. whereas the institutionalisation of a day of remembrance is the best means of paying tribute
to the victims of the massacres and sending a clear message to future generations,
1. Commemorates and honours all the victims of the atrocities during the wars in the former
Yugoslavia; expresses its condolences to and solidarity with the families of the victims,
many of whom are living without final confirmation of the fate of their fathers, sons,
husbands or brothers; recognises that this continuing pain is aggravated by the failure to
bring those responsible for these acts to justice;
2. Calls on the Council and Commission to commemorate appropriately the anniversary of the
Srebrenica-Potočari act of genocide by supporting the European Parliament's recognition of
11 July as the day of commemoration of the Srebrenica genocide all over the EU and to call
on all the countries of the western Balkans to do the same;
3. Calls for further efforts to bring the remaining fugitives to justice, expresses its full support
for the valuable and difficult work of the ICTY and stresses that bringing to justice those
responsible for the massacres in and around Srebrenica is an important step towards peace
and stability in the region;
4. Stresses the importance of reconciliation as part of the European integration process;
emphasises the important role of religious communities, the media and the education system
in this process, so that civilians of all ethnicities may overcome the tensions of the past and
begin a peaceful and sincere coexistence in the interests of enduring peace, stability and
economic growth; urges all countries to make further efforts to come to terms with a difficult
and troubled past;
5. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the
governments of the Member States, the Government and Parliament of Bosnia and
Herzegovina and its entities, and the governments and parliaments of the countries of the
western Balkans.
