19/11/2004
New Srebrenica Massacre Report Could Led To Prosecutions

A new Bosnian Serb report on the 1995 massacre against Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica could lead to action against the perpetrators, the UN announced this week. Between 7,000 and 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were murdered in Srebrenica in July 1995. The UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has confirmed that the notorious massacre
constituted a crime of genocide by the Bosnian Serbs.

A spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that the Secretary-General welcomed the conclusions of the authorities of the Republika Srpska - the Serb entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina - and in particular the condolences conveyed to the relatives of the victims as well as its apology for the tragedy in Srebrenica."

He also emphasised the Secretary-General's expectation that the Srebrenica Commission Report - and the Republika Srpska Government's commitment to bring to justice all those who committed war crimes - would now lead to concrete actions.