UN to Vote on Annual Srebrenica Genocide Commemoration
Bosnian Serb leaders threaten secession as international tensions rise over proposed resolution.
- The UN General Assembly will vote on a resolution to establish July 11 as a day of remembrance for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.
- Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic oppose the resolution, fearing it will label all Serbs as genocidal.
- The resolution does not explicitly mention Serbs but has sparked protests and a lobbying campaign against it.
- Russia and China are expected to oppose the resolution, while the US and most Western countries support it.
- The International Court of Justice recognized the Srebrenica massacre as genocide in 2007.