2025 Remembrance and Education Events
General Assembly annual observance
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
The 2025 observance of the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica was held on Tuesday, 8 July 2025 at 11:00 a.m. EDT in the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, New York. The observance marks the 30-year anniversary of the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica. Download the programme
Statements*:
- Remarks by His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General (as delivered by the Chef de Cabinet, His Excellency Mr. Courtenay Rattray)
- Remarks by His Excellency Mr. Philemon Yang, President of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly
- Remarks by His Excellency Mr. Denis Be?irovi?, Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Remarks by Ms. Pramila Patten, Acting Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide
- Remarks by Ms. Munira Suba?i?, President of the Association of Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa
- Remarks by Ms. Mirela Osmanovi?, Srebrenica Memorial Center, representative of the youth of Srebrenica
- Remarks by His Excellency Mr. Zlatko Lagumd?ija, Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations
*Statements are listed in the order given during the commemoration
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Official commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, at the Srebrenica-Poto?ari Memorial Center for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide
Friday, 11 July 2025
The Srebrenica-Poto?ari Memorial Center for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide hosted the official commemoration service to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The commemoration was attended by Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs on behalf of Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General. She was joined by Mr. Miguel ?ngel Moratinos, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.
Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs delivers remarks on behalf of the United Nations Secretary-General at the commemoration hosted by the Srebrenica-Poto?ari Memorial Center for the victims of the 1995 Genocide. Credit: Sulejman Omerbasic/United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Exhibition: From Words to Violence: Lives Behind the Fields of Death
17 June to 26 August 2025
Visitors' Lobby, United Nations Headquarters
The exhibition provides a glimpse into the horrors of the genocide against Bosnian Muslims committed in Srebrenica in July 1995. Through photographs of items from everyday life, the story unravels - of lives lived and lost, and families torn apart. It shows the consequence of hate speech and inaction in the face of hatred.
The exhibit is organized by the Memorial Center Srebrenica-Poto?ari Memorial and Cemetery for the Victims of 1995 Genocide; and the Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN and endorsed by the Office of the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide; and the UN Department for Global Communications.
The exhibition is free and open to the public. No registration is required. Please visit UN Exhibits for visitor instructions.
Exhibition: Legacy of Hope After Srebrenica Genocide: A New Generation’s Journey
7-21 July 2025
Delegates’ Entrance, United Nations Headquarters
Through eight deeply personal stories, shared via videos and panels, the exhibition captures the journeys of young people who either survived the genocide as children or were born in its aftermath. Each story is a testament to human resilience and the transformative power of love in the face of unimaginable loss. Behind each of these stories is a mother, a pillar of strength in all her pain. A mother who chose dignity over vengeance, who raised her children to become educators, artists, activists, and community leaders. A Mother of Srebrenica, captured in a single image, but symbolizing many, stands as an icon of enduring strength, silent resistance, and unshakable hope.
The exhibition is organized by the Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations.