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Srebrenica: UN sets up annual day to mark genocide

Jessica Saltz
May 23, 2024

The UN General Assembly has voted to establish an annual day of commemoration of 1995's Srebrenica massacre. Nearly 30 years ago, Bosnian-Serb forces killed thousands of unarmed Bosnian Muslim men and teenagers.

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