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Dearest sisters and brothers, today we remember with love and respect the lives of Srebrenica’s beloved fathers, brothers, sons, those who will never be forgotten. Your loss 25 years ago is our loss, the world’s great loss, a crime against humanity beyond imagining.
I arrived not long after to meet and mourn with the mothers of Srebrenica, wives, sister and daughters of the disappeared. It was only then that I could begin to understand the magnitude of your horrendous loss. Over the past twenty years working with the International Commission on Missing Persons I’ve been privileged to witness, love and admire my sisters of Srebrenica. For your courage, dedication, compassion and steadfastness in the face of immense pressures. In our work with you and others to ensure that the victims of Srebrenica are found and identified, together we have opened the way for the perpetrators to face justice. Our Commission’s work has contributed to a long and thorough investigation that has made it possible to establish beyond any shadow of the doubt the facts about the genocide.
There are no moral grounds and there are no historical grounds for prevarication or denial. And in our meetings with the other grieving families across conflict lines you have lighted the way from the shadows of prejudices and hate to a more hopeful, promising and peaceful future for coming generations, inshallah. We have learned so much from you that is enabling us help others around the world suffering from the crime of enforced disappearance. In Syria, Iraq, Colombia and elsewhere families of the missing are finding in you an inspiration and courage. The holy Quran commends those who endure with fortitude, who in adversity say “we belong to God and to Him we shall return”.
The survivors of Srebrenica have endured the most painful adversity yet you hoop in steadfast. You’ve been steadfast in faith, compassion and in dignity. Today we remember those who perished and we stand with those who survived. We stand with them for truth, for justice and for peace. Salaam alaikum, peace be upon you.
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Najdraže sestre i braćo, danas se sa ljubavlju sjećamo i odajemo počast životima Srebreničana, našoj voljenoj, braći i sinovima koji nikad neće biti zaboravljeni. Vaš gubitak prije 25 godina i naš je gubitak, to je ogromni gubitak za cijeli svijet, zločin protiv čovječnosti koji je teško i zamisliti.
Nedugo poslije sam došla da se upoznam i oplakujem sa majkama Srebrenice, suprugama, sestrama i kćerima nestalih. Tek tada sam mogla početi shvatati veličinu vaše užasne tragedije. U proteklih dvadeset godina radeći s Međunarodnom komisijom za nestale osobe imala sam privilegiju da svjedočim, volim i divim se svojim sestrama iz Srebrenice. Vašoj hrabrosti, predanosti, suosjećanju i nepokolebljivosti pred ogromnim pritiscima. U našem radu s vama i drugima na pronalasku i identifikaciji žrtava iz Srebrenice, zajedno smo otvorili put da se počinitelji suoče sa pravdom. Rad naše Komisije doprinio je dugoj i detaljnoj istrazi koja je omogućila izvan svake sumnje utvrditi činjenice o genocidu.
Ne postoje moralni razlozi i ne postoje istorijski razlozi za opravdavanje ili poricanje. I na našim susretima sa ostalim ožalošćenim porodicama na svim stranama sukoba, vidimo da se vi osvijetlili put od sjenki predrasuda i mržnje prema nadi i mirnijoj budućnosti narednih generacija, inshallah. Od vas smo naučili mnogo i to nam omogućava da pomognemo drugima širom svijeta koji su žrtve prisilnih nestanaka. U Siriji, Iraku, Kolumbiji i drugdje porodice nestalih u vama pronalaze inspiraciju i hrabrost. Časni Kur’an pozdravlja one koji su na kušnji, koji u nevolji kažu „pripadamo Bogu i njemu ćemo se vratiti“.
Preživjeli srebreničani pretrpjeli ste najtežu nevolju, ali se čvrsto držite. Nepokolebljivi ste u vjeri, saosjećanju i dostojanstvu. Danas se sjećamo onih koji su nestali, a stojimo uz one koji su preživjeli. Uz njih stojimo radi istine, pravde i mira. Salaam alaikum, neka je mir sa vama.[:]



