Munira Subasic, president of the Association Movement of Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa Enclaves, at the beginning of her speech at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, emphasized that she survived the genocide in which 22 members of her family were killed, including her husband and son. She thanked everyone who supported the Resolution on the Srebrenica Genocide, and to those who did not, she said they should “continue living in darkness.”
“It is very difficult to speak and live for 30 years, carrying pain in our souls, while listening to the denial of genocide and the glorification of criminals. Our children were killed only because they had different names and because they were Muslims. The whole world and Europe watched and remained silent,” said Subasic, adding that the mothers of Srebrenica did not wait, but “stood up and sought justice.”
“Our children were innocent, and someone must be held responsible for their killings,” emphasized the president of the Association Movement of Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa Enclaves.
Subasic pointed out that after the genocide, the surviving mothers had several tasks, and one of them was especially important…
“We had to take care of 5.400 children who were left as orphans. Without one or both parents. Many children don’t have photographs of their fathers and often ask if they resemble them. We raised those children without hatred and without a desire for revenge. Our children are professors, engineers, they speak foreign languages… I call on mothers around the world to learn from us. When you kill a mother’s child, you kill a part of her. I would never wish that on anyone else,” said Subasic.
She repeated that the world and Europe were unjust toward Bosnian Muslims, just as similar things are happening in Palestine.
“While I stand here, children are being killed and someone’s daughters are being raped in Palestine and Ukraine. I ask you to join us in the fight against the denial of crimes,” said Munira Subasic at the end of her speech at the UN General Assembly, which drew loud applause, N1 writes.
