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STORY: UN / SREBRENICA MASSACRE COMMEMORATION
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SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 JULY 2010, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
RECENT 2010, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
12 JULY 2010, NEW YORK CITY
2. Various shots, guests arriving
3. Wide shot, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives
4. Zoom out, Ambassador Ivan Barbalic, Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina asks for a minute of silence to be observed
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia have found that the horror of Srebrenica constituted a crime of genocide. These institutions are contributing significantly to the ongoing fight against impunity. Until all those accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes face those charges and are judged, our quest for justice, and the path towards healing, will remain incomplete.”
7. Wide shot, Secretary-General Ban K-moon, General Assembly President, Ali Abdussalam Treki, and Ambassador Ivan Barbalic leave microphone behind
FILE - RECENT, GENEVA, SWISTZERLAND
8. Zoom out from fountain to ICTY headquarters
FILE / ICTY / CIVILIAN FOOTAGE 10 JULY 1995
9. Med shot, man carrying a gun, walking and crying.
10. Close up, tank firing
FILE - ICTY / CIVILIAN FOOTAGE 10 JULY 1993
11. Various shots, Srebrenica Town shots former Yugoslavia 1993
12. Zoom, refugees UN Srebrenica
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (12 July) stressed the need to ensure accountability for those involved in the massacre of Muslim men and boys 15 years ago by Bosnian Serb forces after they took over Srebrenica, which was declared a safe haven by the Security Council.
Some 8,000 Muslims were killed by the Bosnian Serb forces who overran Srebrenica, the largest such massacre on European soil since the founding of the UN.
He noted that while the region has made progress over the past 15 years, including efforts to promote reconciliation, there is still a long way to go.
The emergence of respect and trust after conflict depends heavily on bringing perpetrators to account, the Secretary-General said that truth “must be told”, and “be done.”
He also pointed out that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have found that the horror of Srebrenica constitutes a crime of genocide, and that these institutions are contributing significantly to the ongoing fight against impunity.
“These institutions are contributing significantly to the ongoing fight against impunity”, he said and added that, “until all those accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes face those charges and are judged, our quest for justice, and the path towards healing, will remain incomplete.”
The ICTY indicted 21 people for crimes committed in Srebrenica. They include Radislav Krstić, the first individual to be convicted by the Tribunal of aiding and abetting genocide in Srebrenica. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Just last month, the Tribunal jailed two former top Bosnian Serb military officers – Vujadin Popović and Ljubiša Beara – for life after convicting them of genocide for their role in the 1995 massacre.
The trials of then Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadžić and several others are ongoing. Ratko Mladić, the war-time leader of the Bosnian Serb forces, who is also charged with genocide in Srebrenica, however, still remains at large.
