Bill Text: MI HR0311 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: A resolution to declare July 11, 2010, as Srebrenica Remembrance Day and the week of July 11, 2010, as Bosnia and Herzegovina Tribute Week in the state of Michigan.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-01 - Adopted [HR0311 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HR0311-Introduced.html

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            Reps. Dean, Ball, Constan, Kandrevas, Liss, Polidori, Scripps, Sheltrown, Stanley, Switalski and Valentine offered the following resolution:

            House Resolution No. 311.    

            A resolution to declare July 11, 2010, as Srebrenica Remembrance Day and the week

of July 11, 2010, as Bosnia and Herzegovina Tribute Week in the state of Michigan.

            Whereas, The United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives

passed resolutions in 2005 acknowledging the genocide that the Serbian forces perpetrated in

Srebrenica, and all of Bosnia from 1992 to 1995; and

            Whereas, July 11, 2010, will commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica

massacre in which at least 8,372 innocent Bosniak civilians were executed and 30,000 were

expelled from their homes in the worst atrocity in Europe since the Holocaust; and

            Whereas, This anniversary raises awareness of the tragic suffering of the Bosnian people

and honors and remembers those who died as a result of the policies of ethnic cleansing and

aggression; and

            Whereas, The Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB) is the umbrella

organization representing Bosniaks in the United States and Canada; 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 House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body

declare July 11, 2010, as Srebrenica Remembrance Day and the week of July 11, 2010, 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.