The State Department has seen an unofficial draft of Montenegro's proposed amendments to the Draft Resolution on Srebrenica, but is not intervening in them.
This is what the US Embassy in Podgorica told "Vijesti", answering questions about whether the Government of Montenegro submitted the amendments through the US and in what way and who on behalf of the US participates in the consultations with the Government on the amendments.
The Government unofficially told Vijesti last week that it plans to submit two amendments to the Resolution on Srebrenica, in order to "achieve better relations and calm political tension in the region", through the mediation of the USA and Germany.
"Germany and Rwanda are proponents of the Resolution and can answer further questions regarding its status," said the US Embassy.
The Embassy of Germany in Podgorica told "Vijesta" that they have no information about the negotiations on the draft resolution in Srebrenica.
The deputy German ambassador in Podgorica, Ralf Reuš, said that the negotiations on the draft resolution are being conducted among the permanent missions at the United Nations in New York.
"The German Embassy in Podgorica has no information about the current stage of the discussion and is therefore not in a position to comment on the drafting process," Rojš said in response to questions as to whether the Government submitted the amendments through Germany and in what way and who on behalf of Germany is participating in the consultations with by the Government of Montenegro on amendments.
The resolution, initiated by Germany and Rwanda, calls for July 11 to be declared the International Day of Remembrance of the Srebrenica Genocide. The vote in the United Nations Assembly was supposed to take place on May 2, but was postponed. The new voting date has not yet been determined.
Although the Draft does not mention the name of any nation, the Government, in an amendment to the preamble of the Draft Resolution, requests to include the position "reiterating that the guilt for the crime of genocide is individualized and cannot be attributed to any ethnic, religious or other group or community as a whole". The second amendment refers to "confirming the inviolability of the general framework agreement for peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina in all its provisions".
Dozens of non-governmental organizations and public figures asked the Government on April 16 to be a co-sponsor of the Resolution, which is supported by the majority of the opposition in the Montenegrin parliament.
The government has not yet commented on the Resolution, and the German expert on the Western Balkans and NATO expansion, Milan Nič, said at the end of April that Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajić told him during his visit to Berlin that Montenegro would support the Resolution.
The crime in Srebrenica was declared genocide before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. It refers to the killing of more than 8.000 Bosniaks, as determined by the judgments of international courts, in July 1995, when the Army of the Republika Srpska occupied Srebrenica.
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