The Premiere of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, Blaine M. Higgs, and Mayor of Halifax, Mike Savage, the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, issued proclamations on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, referring to the Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on the 11th. July which declared the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Genocide in Srebrenica, Canadian Institute for the Research of Genocide said on Tuesday.
In the proclamations, Canadian officials also referred to the verdicts of international courts on the genocide in Srebrenica, two resolutions of the Canadian Parliament on the genocide in Srebrenica, the highlighting of the genocide in Srebrenica in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and Freedoms, and the recently adopted Resolution of the UN General Assembly on genocide in Srebrenica.
They called on the citizens of their local communities to join the Canadians, especially the surviving victims of the Srebrenica genocide living in Canada, in commemorating the genocide, remembering the victims of the genocide and condemning the biggest crime after the Holocaust in Europe.
The director of the Canadian Genocide Research Institute thanked the Premiere, the mayor and all citizens of the province of New Brunswick and the city of Halifax for their continued contribution to the institutionalization of the culture of remembrance of the genocide in Srebrenica.
“Your proclamations give new strength to those who wish to turn to a culture of truth, memory and justice in the name of trust, compassion and empathy, instead of the culture of lies, denial of truth and glorification of convicted war criminals and revisionism, in order to strengthen the Canadian culture of remembrance of the genocide in Srebrenica”, they said.
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