Condemning the genocide and other crimes against the Bosniak community perpetrated by Bosnian Serb forces at Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1995.

condemns the genocide perpetrated by Serb forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995;

condemns statements, actions, and policies that deny or question that the massacre at Srebrenica constituted a genocide and that dishonor the victims or disrespect their families, and recognizes that entire ethnic groups or communities are not responsible for the crimes committed by some members of their forces;

urges the Peace Implementation Council to restore full funding to the Office of the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and encourages the High Representative to exercise his full executive powers to ensure that the General Framework Agreement for Peace is implemented fully and to call for an end to historical revisionism, particularly as it relates to the genocide at Srebrenica;

encourages the United States to maintain and reaffirm its policy of supporting the sovereignty, legal continuity, unity, and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina within its internationally recognized borders;

reaffirms its strong support for the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina and their aspirations for greater democracy, economic prosperity, and success in Euro-Atlantic and European Integration;

urges the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, their elected representatives, and the international community to place renewed emphasis on respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms held by the individual, which should not be compromised by any collective protections and privileges to a group, ethnically based or otherwise;

encourages the United States to promote peace and stability in southeastern Europe as a whole, and the right of all people living in the region, regardless of national, racial, ethnic, or religious background, to return to their homes and enjoy the benefits of democratic institutions, the rule of law, and economic opportunity, as well as to know the fate of missing relatives and friends;

recognizes the assistance of the International Commission for Missing Persons to Bosnia and Herzegovina and its relevant institutions in accounting for nearly 90 percent of those reported missing after the Srebrenica massacre and approximately 75 percent of those reported missing during the whole of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

welcomes the completion of the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, including its convictions and sentencing of Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic, and 88 other persons convicted of offenses including war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, and related offenses, a judicial process that has helped strengthen peace and encouraged reconciliation between the countries of the region and their citizens;

remains concerned that ethnic tensions stoked by political leaders and extreme nationalist sentiment can deter recovery and reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and even encourage new violence with potentially deadly consequences;

urges all political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina to cease using divisive rhetoric to stoke ethnic divisions in order to achieve shortsighted political gains;

urges all political leaders to demonstrate courage by championing tolerance, empathy, and mutual respect for the purpose of fostering lasting reconciliation, peace, and prosperity for the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and

recognizes the 8,372 people killed or executed at Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1995, along with all individuals who endured pain and suffering or who were killed in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995, as well as foreign nationals, including United States citizens, and those individuals in Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other countries of the region who risked or lost their lives because of their defense of human rights, fundamental freedoms, and ethnic identity without discrimination.