International Day of Reflection of 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica

On May 23rd, 2024, the UN General Assembly designated 11 July as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica.

Key Points

Genocide in Srebrenica: On 11^th July 1995, Bosnian Serbs overran a U.N.-protected safe area in Srebrenica. They separated at least 8,000 Muslim Bosniak men and boys from their wives, mothers and sisters and slaughtered them.
UN Voting: The vote on May 23^rd in the 193-member UN General Assembly was 84-19, with 68 abstentions.
Resolution Sponsors: Germany, Rwanda, United States, France, Britain, Italy and other 32 c0-sponsors.
Opposition to Resolution: The resolution had sparked protests and a lobbying campaign by Serbia's president and the Bosnian Serb leadership to block the adoption.
Russia Role: Russia rejected the UN resolution and in 2015, vetoed the adoption of a UN Security Council resolution on the Srebrenica genocide, which was proposed by the United Kingdom and supported by the United States and European Union countries.