The UN General Assembly has postponed the vote on the resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica that was supposed to be voted on May 2, confirmed the ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN, Zlatko Lagumxhia.
He added that the text will be sent for revision, in case the member countries have any other proposal.
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"The General Assembly will certainly be after May 6, depending on the session schedule. The mission of Bosnia-Herzegovina to the UN also participated in this decision, saying that they need time or to be more ready to understand it better", he declared.
The resolution on Srebrenica was initiated to declare July 11 as the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Srebrenica Genocide in 1995.
22 countries have been in favor of sponsoring this resolution, among them Albania, USA, Great Britain, Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Lithuania and others.