NJ SCR141

Formally recognizes the Srebrenica genocide in which more than 8,000 Bosnian citizens, mostly Bosniak civilians, were killed during the Bosnian War as part of ethnic cleansing in July 1995

Commemorates the 30th anniversary of both the Srebrenica genocide and the Dayton Accords, which were signed on November 21, 1995 to end the Bosnian War

Acknowledges that the International Court of Justice ruled in 2007 that the Srebrenica atrocities constituted genocide, marking the worst such crime in Europe since World War II

Notes that the United Nations designated July 11 as an International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide in May 2024

Directs copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United States and the Ambassador to the United States Mission in New York