Analysis: Why did the Germans and the USA postpone the statement on the Resolution on Srebrenica

According to the knowledge of &quot;Novosti&quot;, the change in the calendar on the East River was caused by the latest estimates, according to which there are currently in total more states that want to vote against the document or to abstain, than those that are definitely &quot;in favor of it&quot;.After the diplomatic action of the Serbian team, which was led by President Aleksandar Vučić, and which included our personnel from Belgrade and New York, a large number of countries decided to abstain during the voting. And that would lead to the fact that the victory of the Western powers pushing the resolution would not be convincing, which would automatically call into question the legitimacy of the ugly text that stigmatizes the entire Serbian people.193 member states have their seats in the UN. President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik stated that about 40 countries should be against the resolution, about 80 abstained, which means that almost two-thirds of the majority are not &quot;in favor of it&quot;.There is no question that Germany and other Western powers can tell many people how to vote, but the fact that a document backed by some of the world&#39;s biggest powers is supported by about seventy countries still leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.That&#39;s why they gave an additional deadline (moving it to May 6 or a little later) and called it time to harmonize the text, but it&#39;s actually about pressures and finding a way to &quot;break&quot; some of the bigger and more influential countries into siding with them.The headquarters for gathering support, as President Vučić said, is located in Vienna. He also stated that we managed to complicate things a bit.&quot;It seems that those who drafted the resolution on Srebrenica, with the intention of having it adopted by the UN General Assembly, do not have such a secure majority that would guarantee them that it will be adopted and that they need additional time to clarify its content to the countries who could vote, but for some reason are hesitating,&quot; said SNS MP Milovan Drecun.&quot;By postponing the vote for the resolution, it was shown that the Serbian delegation did a good job and presented the facts that there was no genocide in Srebrenica, but that a war crime was committed. The facts were presented that relate to the present and the future, and that by adopting such resolutions, tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina were raised to the maximum between Bosniaks and Serbs and that this is the path that could lead to the dissolution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and create new hostilities,&quot; he said.Jusuf is alive but he is still on the list of the dead: the name of pensioner Smajlović on the memorial wall in PotočariPresident of the Organization of Families of Captured and Killed Fighters and Missing Civilians from Srebrenica, Branimir Kojić, pointed out that among the 8,372 names of Srebrenica Bosniaks killed in July 1995, on the memorial wall in Potočari, there are also people who are alive. There are 79 of them, and Jusuf Smajlović is among them.&quot;After the establishment of bi-ethnic government in Srebrenica, Smajlović returned and worked as a driver for the mayor of the municipality, and after retirement he lives not far from the largest Muslim military cemetery in Europe, which is located in his village,&quot; said Kojić, adding that Jusuf also laughed when heard where his name was written.&quot;All relevant historical data and evidence show that in July 1995, eight thousand Bosniaks did not perish around Srebrenica. Despite all efforts and malfeasance, the Bosniak side has not managed to secure the set number of victims even in 20 years. So far, according to Bosniak sources, in Potočari 6,751 victims were buried, among whom were only a few civilians killed in combat operations or those who were in the military unit that was breaking through the positions of the Army of the Republika Srpska towards Tuzla.&quot;Kojić also pointed out that among the burials were not only those who died in July 1995, but also the remains of Muslim fighters who died throughout the war.He mentioned that the remains of Sulja Suljagić, the father of the current director of this center, Emir Suljagić, were also transferred to Potočari. The elder Suljagić died on December 24, 1992 in Voljavica near Bratunac, he was buried there, but in July 2005 he was transferred to Potočari as an alleged Srebrenica victim from 1995. He notes that there are hundreds of such cases. Leader of the Serbs in North Macedonia, Ivan Stoilković, pointed out that the resolution on Srebrenica is an ordinary imposition, with the aim of putting the label of collective responsibility on the Serbian people:&quot;When you start disparaging the Serbs, then you start inventing all kinds of things. The same is true of the aforementioned resolution. It is symptomatic when you are accused of genocide, and you retaliate against them, then you are accused of hate speech, and they are the heroes of democracy. I believe that the leadership of the Srpska and Serbia to respond as best they can and protect their people,&quot; he says.The resolution on Srebrenica stipulates that July 11 be marked as an international day of remembrance, that the crime be called genocide and that such a lesson be included in the education system. The document does not have the consent of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which, according to the Dayton Agreement, makes decisions by consensus of all three members. Despite this, BiH ambassador to the UN, Zlatko Lagumdžija, worked on the adoption of the resolution, with the help of Western countries that are sponsors of the text.Death train on St. George&#39;s DayBiH Ambassador Zlatko Lagumdžija said that the vote was postponed until after May 6, and St. George&#39;s Day has a special symbolism.Namely, on that date in 1942, the Croatian and Muslim Ustashas of the NDH ordered that the Serbs in Sarajevo prepare a &quot;Saint George&#39;s Day prayer&quot;.At four o&#39;clock in the morning, columns of prisoners poured into the city from Jajce - the barracks - from the hill above Bemba&scaron;a, from the camps of Beledija, Ćemalu&scaron;a, and the Central and City prisons, as well as the barracks of Duke Stepa. The columns met on the banks of Kulin Ban, where they met the train of death.There were about 3,000 mostly young people in the column. The Ustashas shouted: &quot;Where are you Serbs? We will take you to Jasenovac for free!&quot;.The train left Sarajevo for the infamous camp. In the general chaos, one of them, who is claimed to have been a member of the Sarajevo cultural society &quot;Sloga&quot;, in his own spasm and weakness, out of pride and defiance, sang the famous song: &quot;Spring falls on my shoulder, a green lily of the valley, to everyone but to me - it&#39;s St. George&#39;s Day!&quot;

Analysis: Why did the Germans and the USA postpone the statement on the Resolution on Srebrenica

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