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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The United States Senate and the United States
3 House of Representatives passed resolutions in 2005
4 acknowledging the genocide that Serbian forces perpetrated in
5 all of Bosnia from 1992 to 1995 and in Srebrenica; and
 
6     WHEREAS, July 11, 2009 is commemorated as the 14th
7 anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, in which at least 8,372
8 innocent Bosniak civilians were summarily executed and 30,000
9 were expelled from their homes in the worst atrocity in Europe
10 since the Holocaust; and
 
11     WHEREAS, This anniversary raises awareness of the tragic
12 suffering of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian people and honors
13 and remembers those who died as a result of the policies of
14 ethnic cleansing and aggression; and
 
15     WHEREAS, The State of Illinois recognizes the importance of
16 this event, which seeks to bring closure for the Bosnian and
17 Herzegovinian people through justice and truth; therefore, be
18 it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
21 designate July 11, 2009 and every July 11 thereafter as

 

 

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1 Srebrenica Remembrance Day in the State of Illinois; and be it
2 further
 
3     RESOLVED, That we designate the week of July 11 every year
4 as Bosnia and Herzegovina Tribute Week in the State of
5 Illinois; and be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That we call upon all the citizens of the State
7 of Illinois to work toward ending the cycle of violence and to
8 promote peaceful coexistence among all people on Earth.