Bill Text: MI SR0163 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: A resolution proclaiming July 11, 2014, as Srebrenica Remembrance Day in the state of Michigan and the week of July 11, 2014, as Bosnia and Herzegovina Tribute Week.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-12 - Adopted [SR0163 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SR0163-Enrolled.html
SR-163, As Adopted by Senate, June 12, 2014
Senators Schuitmaker and Hildenbrand offered the following resolution:
Senate Resolution No. 163.
A resolution proclaiming July 11, 2014, as Srebrenica Remembrance Day in the state of Michigan and the week of July 11, 2014, as Bosnia and Herzegovina Tribute Week.
Whereas, In 2005, both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives passed resolutions acknowledging the genocide that the Serbian forces perpetrated in Srebrenica and all of Bosnia from 1992 to 1995; and
Whereas, Since 2009, both the state of Michigan Senate and House of Representatives have adopted Srebrenica Remembrance Day and Bosnia and Herzegovina Tribute Week resolutions every year; and
Whereas, July 11, 2014, is commemorated as the 19th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide in which at least 8,372 innocent Bosniak civilians were summarily executed, and 30,000 were expelled from their homes in the worst atrocity in Europe since the Holocaust; and
Whereas, This anniversary, together with this year’s 22nd anniversary since the beginning of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, raises awareness of the tragic suffering of the Bosnian people. It also honors and remembers over 100,000 civilians who died as a result of the policies of ethnic cleansing and aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the period of 1992 to 1995; and
Whereas, The Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB), the umbrella organization representing Bosniaks in the United States and Canada, requested this resolution; and
Whereas, The state of Michigan recognizes the importance of this event to bring closure for the Bosnian people through justice and truth; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate, That we hereby proclaim July 11, 2014, as Srebrenica Remembrance Day and the week of July 11, 2014, as Bosnia and Herzegovina Tribute Week in the state of Michigan; and be it further
Resolved, That we call upon all citizens to work toward ending the cycle of violence and promoting peaceful coexistence among all.
