Both House and Senate Resolutions on Srebrenica Pass by Overwhelming Majorities.

The Center for Balkan Development thanks all those who made calls to Congress in support of these resolutions and congratulates the House and Senate sponsors, the Congress of North American Bosniaks, and the Coalition for International Justice for spearheading this effort.

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, and Rep. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Commission Ranking Member, praised the Congress for passage of House Resolution 199, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the July 1995 Srebrenica Massacre.

“ Srebrenica involved the bloodiest atrocities in Europe since the end of the Second World War, and we cannot forget what happened,” said Smith. “The fact that the Serbian regime of Slobodan Milosevic backed this brutal act of ethnic cleansing should be a warning to the whole world that even at the end of a bloody century, evil men are still doing evil things and the free world must be on watch and prepared to act.”

“ When you look at the Genocide Convention, and when you hear what happened in Srebrenica ten years ago, you can only agree with the Appeals Chamber at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) that what happened was genocide,” added Rep. Cardin.

The House Resolution passed 370 - YES votes, 1 - NO vote, and 62 - ABSENT
Click here for release from the Congress of North American Bosniaks.

Click here for House Resolution 199. (PDF)

Click here for Senate Resolution 134. (PDF)