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May 24, 2024

U.N. Approves Srebrenica Genocide Resolution
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The United Nations has approved a resolution declaring July 11 an
international day of remembrance for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. Some
8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed in the massacre after
Bosnian Serb armed forces stormed the U.N. safe zone during the Balkan
Wars - seen as the worst atrocity in Europe's history since World War
II. The resolution was sponsored by Germany and Rwanda. Both Serbia and
Bosnian Serbs have denied that genocide happened in Srebrenica. The
resolution does say Serbs are responsible for the massacre.


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