"Many things will not be forgiven, but this was the nail in the coffin."
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, received a strong blow in New York from the result of the vote on the resolution on Srebrenica in the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Vucic says this vote was a "big surprise, almost a shock" to humiliate him and his country.
"I ended my career here tonight, they will never forgive me for that. Many things will not be forgiven, but this was the nail in the coffin. They did everything to beat us and we rose. I can't say that we won, because these are the procedures, but everyone knows what the result is," Vucic told reporters after the session of the UN General Assembly.
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Vucic said that today was the first time that the UN General Assembly did not unanimously adopt a resolution on the topic of genocide and that many of the 84 countries that voted "yes" were exposed to "pressure and threats" from the sponsors of that document. .
"84 countries voted for the resolution, and 87 did not. When the Americans or the Russians propose something, they cannot get as many votes as Serbia got (against and abstentions)," said Vucic as he thanked all the countries that voted against or abstained.
He also gave special thanks to Russia and China for voting against the resolution, but also the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which abstained, although many expected to vote yes.
"I bow down to the ground to the friend of Serbia, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan! Serbia will never forget this! A big thank you to our Hungarian brothers, but also to the Slovaks, Greeks, Cypriots who dared to restrain themselves and showed friendship towards the Serbs. Thank you to the many Asian and African countries that understood what we were talking about," said Vucic.
Representatives of 84 countries voted for the resolution, which declares July 11 as the International Day of Remembrance of the Srebrenica Genocide and which condemns the denial of genocide and the glorification of war criminals, including all Quinte countries, a large number of members of European Union and all former Yugoslav republics except Serbia.
19 countries voted against the resolution - Serbia, Hungary, China, Russia, Belarus, Cuba, North Korea, Syria, DR Congo, Nicaragua, Dominica, Eritrea, Eswatini, Grenada, Mali, Nauru, Sao Tome and Principe, Antigua and Barbuda, The rooms.
68 countries abstained, including Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Armenia, Georgia, India, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Algeria and Angola.
Meanwhile, Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia voted to approve the resolution on Srebrenica. pamphlet
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