Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Ivica Dačić stated that many countries, when voting for the Srebrenica resolution at the UN General Assembly, understood that it was not about crimes or concerns for Muslims or Bosniaks, but about politicizing the issue.
Dačić explained that the limited number of votes in favor of the resolution was due to the understanding that the resolution was more about political maneuvering than addressing historical crimes. He noted that the supporters of the resolution believed they had secured two-thirds of the votes but fell short.
He attributed the timing of the resolution, nearly 30 years later, to previous unsuccessful attempts to introduce it into the UN legal framework through the Security Council, which Russia vetoed, prompting the move to the General Assembly.
Dačić criticized the resolution’s classification under a culture of peace, which only required a simple majority rather than a two-thirds majority vote as significant issues typically require according to the UN Charter.
He concluded that the resolution on Srebrenica was illegal in two instances.