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Bosnian Serb forces killed some 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys following the
fall of Srebrenica in 1995.
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On April 5, 1992, the government of Bosnia declared its independence from Yugoslavia. The
creation of an independent Bosnian nation that would have a Bosniak majority was opposed
by Bosnian Serbs, who launched a military campaign to secure coveted territory and
“cleanse” Bosnia of its Muslim civilian population. The Serbs targeted Bosniak and Croatian
civilians in areas under their control, in what has become known as "ethnic cleansing."
During the subsequent civil war that lasted from 1992 to 1995, an estimated 100,000 people
were killed, 80% of whom were Bosniaks. In July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces killed as many
as 8,000 Bosniak men and boys from the town of Srebrenica. It was the largest massacre in
Europe since the Holocaust.
Fighting ended after a NATO bombing campaign forced Bosnian Serbs to the negotiating
table, and a peace agreement, the Dayton Accords, was signed in 1995.
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A Bosniak woman at a makeshift camp for people displaced from Srebrenica in July
1995. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Ron Haviv/VII.
Carl Gershman.
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Introduction
Marking the 15th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica and anticipating the upcoming
Bosnian national elections, this conference reevaluated the American and European Union
engagement with Bosnia and the region.
This event was held at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. It was cosponsored by the U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum and the National Endowment for Democracy and made
possible in part by the Helena Rubinstein Fund.
View the keynote address, delivered by Vice President Biden’s national security advisor,
Antony Blinken.