STORY: The remains of 14 victims of Bosnia's 1995 Srebrenica massacre were reburied on Thursday...
the 29th anniversary of what constituted Europe's first genocide since World War Two.
Their remains were originally exhumed from mass graves, and were laid to rest after a ceremony in the Potocari memorial cemetery in eastern Bosnia.
The youngest of the victims reburied was a 17-year-old boy, the eldest was 68.
About 6,750 of the 8,000 slaughtered Muslim men and boys are interred at the site.
In May, the United Nations General Assembly declared July 11 an international day of remembrance for the Srebrenica massacre...
:: May 22, 2024
a vote hailed as historic by survivors and a failure by many Serbs, reflecting enduring ethnic divisions in Bosnia.
Srebrenica genocide survivor, Almasa Salihovic: "I invite you to honor the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica with a prayer, a moment of silence."
The United Nations General Assembly marked the day with survivors present.
Its President Dennis Francis urged members to reflect:
"This period of global upheaval prompts essential questions about our way of life, our shared future, and how we treat one another. As we approach the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide in 2025, let us reflect on and learn from this darkest chapter in our history to help prevent its tragic repetition."
:: July 12, 1995
Srebrenica was a designated U.N. "safe area" for civilians in Bosnia's 1992 to 1995 ethnic war that followed the disintegration of federal Yugoslavia.
The genocide unfolded when the town was overrun by nationalist Bosnian Serb forces.
Under the 1995 Dayton peace treaty, Bosnia was split into autonomous Bosniak-Croat and Serb entities.
Srebrenica is in its Serb-governed region.
:: November 22, 2017
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:: November 22, 2017
Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic and political leader Radovan Karadzic were arrested after the war and convicted of genocide by a U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague for their role in the killings.
