A large number of guests and citizens are expected to attend the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide on July 11th this year, as well as a large number of participants in the Peace March, a three-day walk from Nezuk to Potočari near Srebrenica.
“We expect a large number of guests and citizens to come to Srebrenica on July 11th. In addition, we expect a large number of participants in the Peace March,” said the President of the Organizing Committee, Hamdija Fejzić.
The sixth meeting of the Organizing Committee for the commemoration of July 11, 1995, the 30th anniversary of the genocide against Bosniaks of the “United Nations Safe Zone” of Srebrenica, was held today in the premises of the Srebrenica Memorial Center.
The agenda of the meeting included, among other things, information on the activities so far in preparing for the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against Bosniaks of the “UN Safe Zone” of Srebrenica, and a report by the President of the Subcommittee.
“According to what I could hear from the president of the subcommittee, preparations for the 30th anniversary are going according to plan. All subcommittees are working and I believe there will be no problems. We expect a large number of guests, as well as citizens, who will come to Srebrenica on July 11. In addition, we expect a larger number of participants in the Peace March,” said the president of the Organizing Committee Hamdija Fejzić.
Suljo Čakanović, president of the subcommittee for the Peace March, pointed out that this year a larger number of participants in the Peace March is expected than in previous years.
“So far, we have more than three thousand applications from both groups and individuals. That is more applications than in the same period in previous years. Basically, we are preparing and on July 8 we will be ready to leave Nezuk,” said Čakanović.
According to information from the Institute for Missing Persons of Bosnia and Herzegovina, five victims of genocide have been identified so far and will find eternal peace in Potočari on July 11, 2025.
“Currently, we have the consent of five families for the burial of their loved ones on July 11. There are victims who have been identified, but the families have not given their consent for burial because there are only a small number of identified bones. However, I think that the number of victims who will be buried will be higher and that some families will give their consent for burial,” Fejzić emphasized.
6,765 victims of genocide have been buried in the Srebrenica – Potočari Memorial Center so far, while 250 victims were buried in local cemeteries at the decision of surviving family members.
The victims come from different municipalities, and most of them are from the areas of Srebrenica, Bratunac, Vlasenica, Zvornik and Milići.
Victims of the genocide were found in 150 different locations, including 77 mass graves. The youngest victim buried in Potočari so far was a newborn girl, Fatima Muhić, and the oldest was a grandmother, Šaha Izmirlić, born in 1901.
More than a thousand victims of the genocide are still being sought.
