Srebrenica, Others on Watch of 4 POTUS 1994-2020
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mbassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Islamic Republic of Iran Samir
Veladzic spoke with the Tehran Times
during the 25th year remembrance of the Srebrenica genocide. This is some of
what he said.
Before the Bosnian War, Srebrenica had a “population of 35,000.” Official
sources have reported that “during wartime …, around 60,000 people were
gathered there.” Many escaped through the forest, taking “a few days to find a
safe area.”
However, en route “from Srebrenica to their new destination, many
people were killed.” A great number “… were lost…;” and, as their bones were
never found, “we don’t know exactly how many people died.”
Srebrenica today is
described as a small mountain town, with a nearby spa; its main industry salt
mining; its population in 2013, 2,607, in a municipality of 13,409 inhabitants.
More than 8,000 mostly Bosniak men and boys died in those massive crimes of
1995. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the
International Court of Justice later designated the acts “genocide.”
(Wikipedia)
Samir Veladzic continues
Some European countries and other parts of the world have adopted a Resolution
condemning the genocide in Srebrenica. “Such a Resolution” he said, “should be
adopted by all Parliaments in the world,” thus to send “a good message to all
nationalists and intolerant communities.
The massacre in
Srebrenica should be considered as a good lesson to all people in the world;
not as an inspiration for more nationalism and intolerance in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, and other countries.”
“The Bosnian people who survived this carnage have never shown that
they want to take revenge on the executioners (some of whom, unfortunately, not
all, have been sentenced). The victims just insist on justice—that all
executioners, inside or outside the country, must be sentenced.”
Always, the Bosnian people “have given … the message of peace and
patience.”
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mericans too should reflect on genocide, and US complicity
The Watch of these US Presidents
- William Jefferson (né Blythe III) Clinton (POTUS 1993-2001) Rwandan genocide April 7-July 15, 1994, deaths 500,000–1,074,016; Srebrenica genocide July 11-22, 1995, deaths (mainly boys and men) 8,372
- George Walker Bush, Barack Hussein Obama II (POTUS 2001-2009, January 20, 2009-2017) Gaza Massacre December 27, 2008-January 18, 2009, Palestinian deaths 1,417, wounded 5,303
- Barack Hussein Obama II, Donald John Trump (POTUS 2009-2017, January 20, 2017-present [2020]) Rohingya genocide October 9, 2016-January 2017; August 25, 2017-present (2020); Rohingya deaths 2016–2017: 1,000+; 2017-present 24,000+; forced migration (refugees): 700,000+; destruction of Rohingya villages; massive human rights violations by the Myanmar security forces and local militants including gang rapes, other forms of sexual violence mainly against Rohingya women and girls
Sources
Known Massacres 1994-2020
Rwandan Genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide
Srebrenica Genocide (massacre) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srebrenica_massacre
Gaza Massacre (Gaza War, Operation Cast Lead) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%932009)
List of massacres in Palestinian Territories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_the_Palestinian_territories
Rohingya Genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide
US Presidents 1993-2020/21
Clinton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton
Bush (GW) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
Obama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
Trump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
News
Tehran Times “Srebrenica is a ‘big black spot’ in UN history:
ambassador” interview by M.A. Saki, July 10, 2020 https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/449846/Srebrenica-is-a-big-black-spot-in-UN-history-ambassador
TEHRAN – The
ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Iran blames the United Nations for
failing to prevent the massacre in Srebrenica in July 1995, telling the Tehran
Times that the tragedy ‘is a big black spot in the history of the United
Nations Organization’ that took place ‘in the heart of Europe.’
The interview with
Ambassador Samir Veladzic was conducted as Bosnia and Herzegovina commemorates
the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.
Bosnia Herzegovina, Tehran Embassy, Samir Veladžić https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina “Newly-appointed
Ambassadors of BiH visited FIPA” (including newly-appointed Ambassador
of BiH to Iran Samir Veladžić) August 23, 2018 http://www.fipa.gov.ba/novosti/aktivnosti/default.aspx?id=12525&langTag=en-US
Note: Bosnia and Herzegovina abbreviated BiH or B&H, sometimes
called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, a country in
South and Southeast Europe, located within the Balkans. Sarajevo is the capital
and largest city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
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