FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSECONCURRENT
RESOLUTION NO.10
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEHRUZA.
1224H.02I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
RelatingtoSrebrenicaGenocideRemembranceDay.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
WHEREAS,July2025marksthe30thanniversaryoftheSrebrenicagenocide,oneof
2thedarkestchaptersinmodernEuropeanhistory,wheremorethan8,000Bosniakmenand
3boysweresystematicallyexecutedbyBosnianSerbforcesinandaroundthetownof
4SrebrenicainBosniaandHerzegovina;and
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6 WHEREAS,theInternationalCriminalTribunalfortheformerYugoslavia(ICTY)
7andtheInternationalCourtofJustice(ICJ)havebothrecognizedtheatrocitiescommittedin
8Srebrenicaasgenocide,acrimeagainsthumanitythatdeeplyscarsthecollectiveconscience
9oftheglobalcommunity;and
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11 WHEREAS,in2005,theUnitedStatesCongressadoptedHouseResolution199,
12officiallyrecognizingtheSrebrenicamassacreasgenocideandreaffirmingthecommitment
13oftheUnitedStatestotheprinciplesofjustice,accountability,andreconciliation;and
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15 WHEREAS,severalU.S.states,includingMichiganandIllinois,havepassed
16resolutionscommemoratingtheSrebrenicagenocideandestablishingofficialdaysof
17remembrance,reflectingabroad,nationwiderecognitionofthisatrocity;and
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19 WHEREAS,thestateofMissouriishometooneofthelargestBosnianpopulations
20outsideofBosniaandHerzegovina,withavibrantcommunitythathasgreatlyenrichedthe
21cultural,social,andeconomicfabricofourstate;and
22 23 WHEREAS,theMissouriBosniancommunityhasplayedasignificantrolein
24educatingthepublicabouttheeventsinSrebrenicaandfosteringdialoguearoundthe
25importanceofremembrance,justice,andreconciliation;and
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27 WHEREAS,itisthemoraldutyofthepeopleofMissouriandthebroaderUnited
28StatestorememberthevictimsoftheSrebrenicagenocide,tohonorthesurvivors,andto
29committotheprinciplesofhumandignity,justice,andpeaceforall:
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31 NOWTHEREFORE BEITRESOLVEDthatthemembersoftheHouseof
32RepresentativesoftheOneHundredThirdGeneralAssembly,FirstRegularSession,the
33Senateconcurringtherein,herebysolemnlycommemoratethe30thanniversaryofthe
34Srebrenicagenocide,honoringthememoryofthosewhoperishedandstandinginsolidarity
35withthesurvivorsandthefamiliesofthevictims;and
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37 BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthatJuly11,2025,shallbedesignatedas
38"SrebrenicaGenocideRemembranceDay"inMissouriinrecognitionoftheprofoundloss
39andsufferingenduredbythevictimsandtheirfamilies,andasareminderoftheimportance
40ofpreventingsuchatrocitiesinthefuture;and
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42 BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthattheMissouriGeneralAssemblyrecognizesthe
43contributionsoftheBosniancommunityinMissouri,particularlytheireffortsinpromoting
44awarenessandunderstandingoftheSrebrenicagenocide,andencouragescontinued
45educationalinitiativestoensurethatfuturegenerationslearnfromthepast;and
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47 BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthattheMissouriGeneralAssemblyreaffirmsits
48commitmenttoupholdingtheprinciplesofhumanrights,justice,andthepreventionoffuture
49genocides,andcallsuponallMissourianstojoinintheseefforts;and
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51 BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthattheMissouriGeneralAssemblystandsin
52solidaritywithotherstatesandtheU.S.CongressinrecognizingtheSrebrenicagenocide,
53underscoringMissouri’scommitmenttohumanrightsandinternationaljustice;and
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55 BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthattheChiefClerkoftheHouseofRepresentatives
56beinstructedtoprepareaproperlyinscribedcopyofthisresolutionforPresidentofthe
57UnitedStates,theUnitedStatesSecretaryofState,theAmbassadorofBosniaand
58HerzegovinatotheUnitedStates,theleadersoftheBosniancommunityinMissouri,andthe
HCR10 2 59leadersofotherstatesthathavepassedsimilarresolutions,asanexpressionofourshared
60commitmenttoremembranceandjustice;and
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62 BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthatthisresolutionbesenttotheGovernorforhis
63approvalorrejectionpursuanttotheMissouriConstitution.
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