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STORY: UNGA80 / BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
TRT: 01:39
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: BOSNIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 25 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
25 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Bosnia’s Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić walks up to the GA rostrum
3. Wide shot, Bosnia delegation
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Željko Komšić, Chairman of the Presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina:
“A little over a year ago here at the United Nations, we worked together on the adoption of the resolution on the genocide committed Srebrenica. I consider that a major step forward and an important document not only for Bosnian Herzegovina, but also more widely. The strength of that resolution lies in its intention to prevent the possible commission of some new genocides, which could happen anywhere in the world.”
5. Wide shot, Komšić at the GA rostrum
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Željko Komšić, Chairman of the Presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina:
“This is when we realised that there were states that for their own political reasons or political convenience, were not ready to support the text of that resolution. The text is based on the rulings of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, which I repeat once again, was founded by the United Nations.”
7. Wide shot, Komšić at the GA rostrum
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Željko Komšić, Chairman of the Presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina:
“Some countries, tried to negate the judgement of the International Criminal Court in The Hague by lobbying against the resolution. In the case that I am now citing as an example, some other countries tried and are still trying to annul the judgement through their own lobbying and broader diplomatic activity. This leads us to the conclusion that there is a part of the international community that simply does not allow democracy in Bosnia-Herzegovina.”
9. Wide shot, Komšić at the GA rostrum
Bosnia’s Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić today (25 Sep) said that following the events that led to the adoption in 2024 of a General Assembly resolution on the on the Srebrenica genocide, his government came to the conclusion that “there is a part of the international community that simply does not allow democracy in Bosnia-Herzegovina.”
Addressing the annual General Assembly high-level debate, Komšić said he considered the adoption of the resolution to be “a major step forward and an important document not only for Bosnian Herzegovina, but also more widely,” as “the strength of that resolution lies in its intention to prevent the possible commission of some new genocides, which could happen anywhere in the world.”
He said, “this is when we realised that there were states that for their own political reasons or political convenience, were not ready to support the text of that resolution,” and noted that the text is based on the rulings of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Some countries, Komšić said, “tried to negate the judgement of the International Criminal Court in The Hague by lobbying against the resolution,” while “some other countries tried and are still trying to annul the judgement through their own lobbying and broader diplomatic activity.”
In 2024, twenty-nine years after the genocide, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/78/282 designating 11 July as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica, to be observed annually.
In the same resolution, the General Assembly condemned without reservation any denial of the Srebrenica genocide as a historical event, and urged Member States to preserve the established facts, including through their educational systems, and to act in remembrance, towards preventing denial, distortion and occurrence of genocides in the future.