Canada will co-sponsor the draft UN resolution that should declare July 11 as the International Day of Remembrance of the Genocide in Srebrenica in 1995.
By Resolution M-416, adopted in the Canadian Parliament on October 19, 2010, Canada marks and commemorates July 11 as the Day of Remembrance of the Genocide in Srebrenica.
Resolution M-587, adopted by the Canadian Parliament on April 24, 2015, includes the Srebrenica genocide and Srebrenica Remembrance Day as part of the “Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Awareness Month” every April in Canada.
Director of the Canadian Genocide Research Institute, Emir Ramić, thanked the government of Canada and especially the Canadian Mission to the United Nations for their continuous support and respect for the culture of remembrance of the victims of genocide.
Canadian co-sponsorship will significantly contribute to raising awareness and building a common attitude towards truth, justice, a culture of remembrance and peace.
“By emphasizing the values of empathy, justice and reconciliation, together we can convey an important message regarding the global culture of remembrance of the greatest crime after the Second World War, the genocide in Srebrenica,” said Ramić.
He pointed out that this is another victory for truth, justice and the culture of remembrance about the genocide in Srebrenica in Canada, and another victory for the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the name of a better future for all its citizens and nations.
