March 30, 2015.

Hon. Stephen Harper

Office of the Prime Minister

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Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2

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Hon. Jason Kenney

Minister of Multiculturalism

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House of Commons

Ottawa, ON

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The Hon. Robert Nicholson

Minister of Foreign Affairs

515-S Centre Block

House of Commons

Ottawa, ON

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fax: 613-992-7910

Dear Sir

I am writing to you on behalf of the Bosnian community of Canada, especially those who were victims of genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and on behalf of their Canadian friends - those who strive for the truth of the Bosnian experience to be heard and for justice to be attained for this group.

We are requesting your support for declaring July 11 as Bosnian Genocide Remembrance Day in Canada. We would like this to be a day on which the victims of the Bosnian Genocide of 1992 to 1995 be remembered and honoured by the people of Canada.

Warm Regards,

Professor Emir Ramic

Emir Ramic

Chairman, Institute for Research of Genocide Canada (IGC)

Here is the proposed wording for the proclamation that I have come up with, together with my team. I hope that it is suitable in length and in content:

Whereas the Government of Canada enacted the Canadian Srebrenica Remembrance Resolution in 2010, acknowledging that genocide took place in Srebrenica on July 11, 1995, and

Whereas the Canadian National Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg has a permanent exhibition commemorating the Srebrenica Genocide since September, 2014, and

Whereas the Government of Canada recognizes that genocide took place throughout the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995, and

Whereas these acts of genocide include mass murder, ethnic cleansing, rape, torture, plunder, the destruction of religiously and culturally significant structures and objects, and the detention of Bosnian citizens (including children) in concentration camps and rape camps, on the basis of ethnicity, and

Whereas the Government of Canada is committed to combating impunity for all war crimes and recognizes the importance of education in order to raise awareness and prevent the commission of future genocides, and

Whereas July 11, 2015 is the twentieth anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide;

NOW KNOW YE THAT We do by these presents proclaim and declare that July 11, 2015 thereafter) shall be known as

BOSNIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY IN CANADA