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A resolution put forward by Germany and Rwanda creates a day of remembrance for the genocide in Bosnia. But Serbia claims the resolution unfairly brands all Serbs as supporters of the massacre.

The United Nations approved a resolution Thursday establishing an annual day to commemorate the 1995 genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs, a move vehemently opposed by Serbs who fear it will brand them all as ''genocidal'' supporters of the mass killing.

UNITED NATIONS/SARAJEVO (Reuters) -The United Nations General Assembly declared July 11 an international day of remembrance of the Srebrenica genocide in a vote on Thursday that survivors branded as historic and Serbs as a failure, reflecting deep ethnic divisions in Bosnia. The massacre of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in 1995, after the U.N. safe zone of Srebrenica was overrun by Bosnian Serb forces, took place during the Balkan wars that followed the disintegration of Yugoslavia a...

The vote in the 193-member General Assembly was 84-19 with 68 nations abstaining.

The UN has approved a resolution to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia annually, over strong opposition from Serbs.

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who defected to Poland after coaches attempted to force her to return home during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, said on May 23 that police in Belarus searched her parents' home.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 23 signed a decree allowing to compensate damages caused by confiscation of assets of Russian tycoons and the Central Bank in the United States by the assets, valuable papers and property belonging to the United States or the U.S. citizens in Russia.

Russia said on May 23 that the main power line supplying the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine had gone down, but that there was no threat to safety and the plant was being supplied by a backup line.

The United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt a resolution establishing July 11 as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica, despite strong Serbian opposition.