United Nations General Assembly Resolution 78/282 Explained

Organ:	GA
Number:	78/282
Date:	May 23
Year:	2024
Meeting:	82nd Plenary
Code:	A/78/L.67/Rev.1
Document:	http://web.archive.org/web/20240610064910/https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n24/152/96/pdf/n2415296.pdf?token=KrmHZx0rvjFMGv7T5c&fe=true
Subject:	International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica
For:	84
Against:	19
Abstention:	68
Absent:	22
Result:	Adopted

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 78/282 is a resolution adopted by the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly on May 23, 2024, designating July 11 as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica.^[1]

The resolution, sponsored by Germany and Rwanda, and co-sponsored by more than 30 other countries, passed with 84 countries voting in favor, 68 abstaining, and 19 voting against.^{[2] [3]}

Voting

Vote^[4]	Tally	States
	84	Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Montenegro, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Yemen, Zambia
	19	Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus, China, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Eritrea, Eswatini, Grenada, Hungary, Mali, Nauru, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Serbia, Syria
	68	Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic of the Congo, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam
	22	Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Belize, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, East Timor, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, Samoa, Somalia, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Total	193	–

See also

• Mothers of Srebrenica

Notes and References

1. Web site: General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Srebrenica Genocide, Designating International Day of Reflection, Commemoration Meetings Coverage and Press Releases. press.un.org. June 9, 2024. May 25, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240525143522/https://press.un.org/en/2024/ga12601.doc.htm. live.
2. Web site: UN establishes International Day of reflection for Srebrenica genocide UN News. May 23, 2024. web.archive.org. June 9, 2024. May 23, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240523211523/https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1150156. live.
3. Web site: UN: Usvojena Rezolucija o genocidu u Srebrenici. Al Jazeera Balkans. sh. May 28, 2024. May 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240528130756/https://balkans.aljazeera.net/news/balkan/2024/5/23/un-usvojena-rezolucija-o-genocidu-u-srebrenici. live.
4. Web site: International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica :: resolution /: adopted by the General Assembly . June 10, 2024 . en . May 23, 2024.