HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, =s — Touse Resolution No. 31D (Offered by Representatives Dean, Ball, Cons Kandeevas, Liss, Polidor,Sripps, Shelvown, Stanley, Switaski and Valentine 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 Senat and the Unite Sttes House of Representatives passed eselutions ia 2005 scknowledging the genocide that the Serbian forces perpetrated in Srebrenica, and al of Bost rom 199210 1995. and WHEREAS, July 11, 2010, will commemorate the 15th anniversaty of the Srebrenica massacre in which af least 8.372 innocent Bosnisk civilians were executed and 30.000 were expelled fom their homes inthe wrst aot ia Europe since the Holocaust: and WHEREAS, This annivesiry raises awareness of the tag sullering of the Bosnian people and honors and remembers those who died as result ofthe policies of ethnic cleansing and aggression; and WHEREAS, The Congress of Noth American Bosniaks (CNAB) i the umbrella organization representing ‘Bosniaks in the United Slats nd Canada; and WHEREAS, The state of Michigan recognizes the importance ofthis event to bring closure forthe Bosnian poople ‘trough justice and truth: now. therefore, bei RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the members ofthis less 11,2010, as Srebrenica Remembrance Day and the week of July 11, 2010, as Bosnia nd Herz the state of Michigan, and be i further RESOLVED, That we ell upon al itizens to work toward ending the cycle of violence and promoting pass CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES we body dosire July in Tribute Wesk Adopted by the House of Representatives, Jay 1, 2010.