The UN has approved a resolution to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina annually, over strong opposition from Serbs, media reports said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vote on May 23 in the 193-member UN General Assembly was 84-19, with 68 abstentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The resolution designates July 11 as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica, thus establishing an annual day of commemoration for the massacre of more than 8,000 local Bosnian Muslim men and boys almost 30 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The July 1995 massacre, which was carried out by Bosnian Serb forces, has been ruled an act of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far, more than 50 individuals have been sentenced to some 700 years in prison for their roles in the massacre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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