On the occasion of two decades since the crime in Srebrenica, the US House of Representatives adopted a resolution with the explanation that it was the "worst crime since the Second World War".
That House qualified the crime in Srebrnica as genocide 10 years ago, and yesterday it supported a new resolution in which the word genocide is mentioned 14 times.
"The mass murder of 8.000 Muslim men, committed by Serbs in July 1995, was the most horrific episode of the 1992-1995 war, which ended with the division of Bosnia into two semi-independent entities," reports AFP.
The resolution of the House of Representatives points out "that the policy of aggression and ethnic cleansing, which was carried out by the Serbian forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995, is by definition a crime of genocide, according to Article XNUMX of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide."
The resolution also condemns statements that deny or question that the massacre in Srebrenica constitutes genocide".
The agency states that Serbia condemned the massacre, but that its leaders refused to call it genocide.
It is said that Belgrade was angry because of the draft UN resolution, submitted by Great Britain, which called on the Security Council to recognize these mass killings as genocide. Russia vetoed the resolution, which Serbia welcomed, reports AFP.
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