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Tihic

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2002-12-12
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2002-12-12
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  1. “I would like to join my colleagues in saying that we View positively the work of the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is thanks to United Nations Mission that Bosnia is now a stable country on the road to progress that is becoming a factor of stability in the entire region. I would also like to thank Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the understanding he showed the victims of Srebrenica and for his personal involvement. I believe he will continue to do whatever he can to help survivors return and ensure the proper burial of the victims, as well as to see to it that the criminals responsible are punished. My particular gratitude goes out to Special Representative Jacques Paul Klein for his personal involvement in helping Bosnia and Herzegovina. The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina will always remember him.”

    2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source

  2. “The safe haven of Srebrenica was not protected and, as a consequence, an act of genocide took place that resulted in the murders of 7,000 to 10,000 people, mainly civilians. The responsibility of the United Nations in that tragedy is indisputable. With regard to Srebrenica, I would also like to remind the Council that the families of the victims of Srebrenica have not yet returned to their homes. Neither have the victims received proper burial, as their remains are currently housed in morgues throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. I appeal to the United Nations to help the survivors of Srebrenica to return to their homes and to assist them in burying the remains of the victims with honour. We are also working to build a memorial at Srebrenica.”

    2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source

  3. “We therefore strongly support the work of the Tribunal. We request the Security Council to provide its full support to the Tribunal and to ensure that all parties involved provide their unreserved cooperation to the ICTY. I must apologize, on this happy occasion, for having to mention Srebrenica. However, I believe it is my duty to do so - a duty I owe to both the victims and the truth, as well as to the cause of ensuring that the events at Srebrenica are never again repeated anywhere in the world. On his recent Visit to Sarajevo, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that the darkest chapter of the history of the United Nations was written at Srebrenica, which had been a United Nations safe haven. Srebrenica became the site of the worst war crime in Europe since the Second World War.”

    2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source

  4. “The return of refugees is a precondition for lasting stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Those who have returned have very hard lives, since they have no jobs and their property has been damaged or destroyed. We therefore consider the involvement of United Nations structures providing support for the return of refugees as being very important. The return of refugees means reversing ethnic cleansing. It also sends a clear message that anything created out of violence and crime will never be legitimized. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will play a significant role in creating lasting peace, justice and confidence among ethnic groups. Unfortunately, the most notorious war criminals in Europe since the Second World War, Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, are still at large.”

    2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source

  5. “Mr. Tihic' (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (spoke in Bosnian; interpretation provided by the delegation): I would like to reiterate the gratitude expressed by my colleagues. The citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina will never forget the fact that 200 members of United Nations forces lost their lives while carrying out a peace mission in our country. I should like to stress that, although the mandate of the United Nations Mission will be completed on 31 December 2002, Bosnia and Herzegovina will need the help of the United Nations in future as well. We need support with respect to the return of refugees, almost half of whom have not yet returned, or have not been allowed to return, to their prewar homes. This is true even today, seven years after the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords.”

    2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source