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9 July: Bosnian Serbs step up shelling; thousands of Bosnian Muslim refugees flee to Srebrenica.

The US House of Representatives passed a resolution marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre on Wednesday, in which more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were mass murdered by Bosnian Serb forces on July 11, 1995. “The world – and especially Serbia...

Russia’s Churkin and China’s UN Ambassador Liu Jieyi appealed to the council not to put the resolution to a vote, citing divisions among its 15 members.

Though the United Nations declared Srebrenica a safe haven for civilians, the Serbs invaded the city and went on a killing spree. No more genocides. Srebrenica is a call to action.

The draft garnered 10 affirmative votes and four abstentions, Angola, China, Nigeria and Venezuela.