INTRODUCTION
Marking the 15th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica and anticipating the upcoming Bosnian national elections, this conference reevaluated the American and European Union engagement with Bosnia and the region.
This event was held at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. It was cosponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the National Endowment for Democracy and made possible in part by the Helena Rubinstein Fund.
View the keynote address, delivered by Vice President Biden’s national security advisor, Antony Blinken.
AGENDA
2 p.m.
Welcome
Sara Bloomfield
Director, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Carl Gershman
President, National Endowment for Democracy
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2:30 p.m.
Panel I: Fact-Finding, Truth-Telling, and Memorialization
Moderator:
Bridget Conley-Zilkic
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Panelists:
Nataša Kandić
Director, Humanitarian Law Center
Stephen Rapp
Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, U.S. Department of State
Anisa Sućeska-Vekić
Director for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
Emir Suljagić
Srebrenica survivor
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4 p.m.
Panel II: International Engagement and the Future for the Region
Moderator:
Ivana Howard
National Endowment for Democracy
Panelists:
Kurt Bassuener
Senior Associate, Democratization Policy Council
Douglas Davidson
Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, U.S. Department of State
The Right Honourable Bruce George
Leader of the United Kingdom Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Her Excellency Renée Jones-Bos
Ambassador of the Netherlands to the United States
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5:15 p.m.
Keynote
Antony Blinken
National Security Advisor to the Vice President and Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
