On this occasion, an appropriate program will be organized in the former production hall of the battery factory in Srebrenica on September 20, and the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Memorial Center, Hamdija Fejzić, will address the participants of the event, followed by a video address by former American President Bill Clinton and Menachem Z. Rosensaft, vice president of the World Jewish Congress.
The address of the mother of Munira Subašić, president of the Association “Movement of Mothers of the Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves”, Hasan Hasanović, a surviving witness of the genocide, Alice Nderita, special adviser of the United Nations Secretary General for the prevention of genocide, Amra Begić, assistant director of the Srebrenica Memorial Center, is also planned.
As part of the appropriate program, a short film produced by the Memorial Center – video archive 1992-1995 will be shown.
The memorial center was established as a memorial complex whose role is to nurture and preserve the memory of the innocent victims of genocide, and which, at the same time, is a kind of reminder and admonition to future generations so that this would never happen again to anyone.
This memorial complex, located in Potočari, not far from Srebrenica, was established by the Decision of the High Representative, and it was officially opened on September 20, 2003 by Bill Clinton, then President of the United States of America.
In 2007, by decision of the High Representative, the Law on the Srebrenica Memorial Center – Potočari, Memorial and Cemetery for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide was passed. That law established it as the legal successor of the original Foundation based in Potočari, and its official name was also defined.
The Memorial Center was established with the aim of building and maintaining the Memorial Center, burying identified victims of the genocide committed in Srebrenica in 1995 and marking the place of burial, receiving and disbursing funds for the Memorial Center; cooperation with similar centers, foundations and associations around the world, reception of visitors for the purpose of reminding the committed genocide, performing other activities important for the Memorial Center.