Global 3000 | For Young People in Bosnia and Hercegovina

Milena Nikolic was born in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, a place once known for its mineral springs and silver mines. Today the place is notorious as the scene of a massacre of 8000 Bosnian Muslims by Serb paramilitaries.After leaving school Milena became a social worker. Today she runs a youth club in her home town, and tries to persuade young people not to leave. She believes the economic independence of Srebrenica can best be achieved through green tourism and organic farming. She also wants to revive the old mineral springs, but she faces resistance from the political elite.

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@bosniancelebrity

It was a horrible genocide, but unfortunately, there were failures of the west concerning genocide after WWII and before Srebrenica: Cambodia with the Khmer Rouge from 1975-1979 and Rwanda in 1994. Since the Rwanda genocide occurred in 1994, I guess it happened during the Bosnian genocide, but before the Srebrenica Massacre.

Also, it still does not seem like we have learned our lesson (see Darfur, Sudan).

[bosniancelebrity]

By now, over 200,000 Bosnian civilians had been systematically murdered or 30% of total Bosnian population by GENOCIDAL SERBS. More than 50,000 raped. More than 80,000 were missing and feared dead, while 2,000,000 had become refugees. It was, according to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke, "the greatest failure of the West since the 1930s."

[bosniancelebrity]

Srebrenica massacre is the first legally established case of genocide in Europe by the international courts. It is considered the largest mass murder in Europe since the World War II and one of the most horrific events in recent European history. The slaughter of Bosnians at Srebrenica is recognized as the gravest atrocity to take place in Europe since the Nazi genocide.

[bosniancelebrity]

SREBRENICA GENOCIDE IS NOT A MATTER OF ANYBODY'S OPINION; IT'S A JUDICIAL FACT RECOGNIZED FIRST BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND SUBSEQUENTLY BY THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE.

[bosniancelebrity]

WHAT HAPPENED? -- In the first months of war (April - June 1992), Serbs destroyed 296 Bosniak villages and killed at least 3,166 Bosniaks around Srebrenica. In 1993, the UN described the situation in Srebrenica as a "slow-motion process of genocide." In July 1995, Serbs forcibly expelled 25,000-30,000 Bosniaks, brutally raped many women and girls, and systematically killed 8,000+ men and boys (DNA confirmed).

[sandrokovacevic92]

i wish we had more reasonable people like her. We should not judge people based on their nationality. I had no choice when i was born to be born in to the family i was. I wish people could learn to live together. I had to leave my home beacuase of that in Banja Luka. I was only a child. I miss it their. I still get Racist remakes about my nationality being half Bosnian and Half Serb.

[Daritto7117]

Young Bosnians like her should protest against their government like the Iranians did. They should show them that the government works for the people, not the other way around.

Something big needs to happen to kick start all of this. All we can do is wait and hope for a brighter day. I have hope.