House Resolution 27 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 27 BY ANDERSON , DRAKE , ARNOLD , BERRY , MASCHER , S. OLSON , and PETERSEN A Resolution to acknowledge the genocide in Bosnia and 1 Herzegovina. 2 WHEREAS, the United States Senate and the United 3 States House of Representatives passed resolutions in 4 2005 acknowledging the genocide that Serbian forces 5 perpetrated in all of Bosnia from 1992 to 1995 and in 6 Srebrenica; and 7 WHEREAS, July 11, 2011, is commemorated as the 8 anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, in which at 9 least 8,372 innocent Bosniak civilians were summarily 10 executed and 30,000 were expelled from their homes in 11 the worst atrocity in Europe since the Holocaust; and 12 WHEREAS, this anniversary raises awareness of the 13 tragic suffering of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian 14 people and honors and remembers those who died as 15 a result of the policies of ethnic cleansing and 16 aggression; and 17 WHEREAS, Iowans recognize the importance of this 18 event, which seeks to bring closure for the Bosnian and 19 Herzegovinian people through justice and truth; NOW 20 THEREFORE, 21 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That 22 the House of Representatives recognizes July 11, 2011, 23 as Srebrenica Remembrance Day in the State of Iowa; and 24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of 25 Representatives designates the week of July 11, 2011, 26 as Bosnia and Herzegovina Tribute Week in the State of 27 -1- LSB 1566YH (4) 84 jr/nh 1/ 2