House Resolution 113 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 113 BY KAJTAZOVIC A Resolution commemorating July 11th as the anniversary 1 of the Srebrenica genocide. 2 WHEREAS, on July 11, 1995, the eastern Bosnian town 3 of Srebrenica fell to the Bosnian Serb forces; and 4 WHEREAS, during the next several days of carnage 5 more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were summarily 6 executed by Bosnian Serb forces; and 7 WHEREAS, approximately 20 percent of Srebrenica’s 8 total population at the time, at least 7,000 and 9 perhaps thousands more, was either executed or 10 otherwise killed; and 11 WHEREAS, in spite of the enormous efforts made 12 to date to discover and exhume mass and individual 13 graves and identify the bodies of the victims, 14 the searches conducted up until now do not offer a 15 complete reconstruction of the events in and around 16 Srebrenica; and 17 WHEREAS, the massacre at Srebrenica was among the 18 worst of many horrible atrocities to occur in the 19 conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ultimately 20 led to the displacement of more than 2,000,000 people, 21 with an estimated 200,000 killed; NOW THEREFORE, 22 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 23 That the House of Representatives commemorates July 24 11th in remembrance of the Srebrenica genocide and 25 urges all Iowans to consider the horror of genocide 26 and to actively support efforts to eliminate this most 27 terrible of crimes. 28 -1- LSB 6015YH (2) 85 jr/nh 1/ 1