14. Commemorating 11 July as a day of remembrance for the victims of the massacre in Srebrenica (debate)

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Council and Commission statements: Commemorating 11 July as a day of remembrance for the victims of the massacre in Srebrenica

Alexandr Vondra (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Doris Pack, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Richard Howitt, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Milan Horáček, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Dimitar Stoyanov, Non-attached Member, Anna Ibrisagic and Diana Wallis.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Zita Pleštinská, Pierre Pribetich, Jelko Kacin and Călin Cătălin Chiriţă.

The following spoke: Alexandr Vondra and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 103(2):

- Doris Pack, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on proclaiming 11 July the European Commemorative Day for the victims of the Srebrenica genocide on 11 July 1995 (B6-0022/2009);

- Hannes Swoboda and Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, on proclaiming 11 July the European Commemorative Day for the victims of the Srebrenica genocide on 11 July 1995 (B6-0023/2009);

- Diana Wallis and Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on proclaiming 11 July the European Commemorative Day for the victims of the Srebrenica genocide on 11 July 1995 (B6-0024/2009);

- Salvatore Tatarella, Ryszard Czarnecki, Konrad Szymański, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the commemoration of 11 July as a day of remembrance for the victims of the massacre in Srebrenica (B6-0025/2009);

- Erik Meijer and André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on proclaiming 11 July the European Commemorative Day for the victims of the Srebrenica genocide on 11 July 1995 (B6-0026/2009);

- Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Gisela Kallenbach, Angelika Beer, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Cem Özdemir, Sepp Kusstatscher and Joost Lagendijk, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on proclaiming 11 July the European Commemorative Day for the victims of the Srebrenica genocide on 11 July 1995 (B6-0027/2009).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.01.2009, item 6.6.