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July 11: Srebrenica Remembrance Day in Canada
Posted June 12th, 2009
OTTAWA--The Green Party of Canada urges the Government of Canada to declare
July 11th as Srebrenica Remembrance Day in recognition of the 14th anniversary
of the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina in July of 1995.
Elizabeth May, Leader of Canada’s Greens, said, "We must remember and grieve
the 7,000 Muslim men who were forcefully removed from the U.N. sanctuary at
Srebrenica and murdered during the last Balkan War. We must also remember how
and why the international community failed to protect them in order to
understand why the principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) - properly
applied rather than misused - can save many lives and avoid much heartbreak."
On January 15, 2009, the European Parliament adopted a resolution commemorating
the victims and declared July 11th as Srebrenica Remembrance Day throughout the
European Union. The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives also adopted
resolutions in 2005 commemorating the victims.
Joe Foster, Human Rights Critic for the Greens, stated, ”It is hoped that this
act of remembrance will lead to greater efforts being made through diplomatic
sources to avoid confrontations of this nature that always result in innocent
people being victimized leaving scars on all sides of the conflict which take
generations to heal.”
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Contact:
Michael Bernard
Communications Officer
Green Party of Canada
613-562-4916 ext. 244
(c) 613-614-4916
[email protected]
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