Na Akademiji povodom 70 godina od prvog zasjedanja ZAVNOBIH-a, održane 23. 11. 2013. u Torontu i na centralnoj akademiji sjevernoameriÄkih Bošnjaka održanoj 30. 11. 2013. u Atlanti, SAD, Älanovi Kongresa Bošnjaka Sjeverne Amerike su usvojili
Rezoluciju o historijskoj važnosti ZAVNOBiH –a za državnost BiH
1. SjevernoameriÄki Bošnjaci potvrÄ‘uju važnost i vrijednost Prvog zasjedanja Zemaljskog antifašistiÄkog vijeća narodnog OsloboÄ‘enja Bosne i Hercegovine (dalje: ZAVNOBIH), koji je potvrdio i utemeljio kontinuitet državnoâ€pravne bosanskohercegovaÄke tradicije, historije, kulture, obnovio državnost i bio legalistiÄkoâ€pravni i legitimacijskoâ€politiÄki osnov za kasniji državnoâ€pravni razvoj Bosne i Hercegovine sve do njene, meÄ‘unarodnoâ€pravno priznate, nezavisne državne egzistencije.
2. SjevernoameriÄki Bošnjaci ocjenjuju da je Prvo zasjedanje ZAVNOBIHâ€a predstavljalo prvo istinsko narodno predstavništvo, sastavljeno iz predstavnika svih naroda i graÄ‘ana, koje je kao takvo moglo suvereno odluÄivati o politiÄkoj budućnosti Bosne i Hercegovine. ZAVNOBiH i njegova djelatnost od 1943. do aprila 1945. je najznaÄajniji dogaÄ‘aj u historiji Bosne i Hercegovine. Svojom Rezolucijom na OsnivaÄkoj skupštini i Proglasom narodima Bosne i Hercegovine, ZAVNOBiH je nakon 480 godina obnovio državnost Bosne i Hercegovine, potvrdio njen historijsko-politiÄki i državno-pravni individualitet i formirao federalnu Bosnu i Hercegovinu (državu), što je najznaÄajnija tekovina antifašistiÄkog rata. To je historijski datum - Dan državnosti Bosne i Hercegovine.
3. SjevernoameriÄki Bošnjaci iskazuju zahvalnost antifašistiÄkim borcima iz svih bosanskohercegovaÄkih naroda i graÄ‘ana koji su stali na stranu oslobodilaÄke borbe, protiv okupatora i domaćih izdajnika. ZAVNOBIH je predstavljao pobjedu politiÄke volje svih bosanskohercegovaÄkih naroda i graÄ‘ana, kao i presudan moment u njihovom svrstavanju u veliku koalicija savezniÄkih zemalja protiv trojnog fašistiÄkog saveza NjemaÄke, Italije i Japana.
4. SjevernoameriÄki Bošnjaci ocjenjuju da je veliki historijski smisao Prvog zasjedanja ZAVNOBIHâ€a u tome što je
predstavljao koncentraciju i trijumf tradicionalne, historijske Ideje Bosne i bosanskog duha, oliÄene u priznavanju, poštovanju, prihvatanju i tolerisanju drugog i drugaÄijeg. Na ovom zasjedanju potvrÄ‘eno je da socijalna, nacionalna i vjerska karakteristika bosanskohercegovaÄke zbilje može naći taÄku sinteze i dosegnuti izvorišta svebosanskohercegovaÄkog sabiranja na kojima se temelji ne samo bosanskohercegovaÄko društvo, već i savremeni svijet. Na Drugom zasjedanju 1. jula 1944. ZAVNOBiH je usvojio Deklaraciju o pravima graÄ‘ana Bosne i Hercegovine, koja spada u red dokumenata najvećeg dometa ove vrste u svijetu. Deklaracija iz Sanskog Mosta, Äak je tri godine predhodila Univerzalnoj deklaraciji o ljudskim pravima, a bila je na njenom nivou. Odluke i drugi dokumenti usvojeni na Drugom zasjedanju ZAVNOBiH-a imali su dalekosežniji znaÄaj za izgradnju državnosti Bosne i Hercegovine i za daljnju izgradnju narodne vlasti. ZAVNOBiH je konstituisan u najviše zakonodavno izvršno predstavniÄko tijelo, u najviši organ državne vlasti, kao jedini predstavnik narodnog suvereniteta. OdluÄeno je da Predsjedništvo ZAVNOBiH-a obavlja i izvršne funkcije. Drugo zasjedanje ZAVNOBiH-a proglasilo je Bosnu i Hercegovinu federalnom jedinicom u Demokratskoj Federativnoj Jugoslaviji. Organi ZAVNOBiH-a postali su nosioci bosansko-hercegovaÄke državnosti.
5. SjevernoameriÄki Bošnjaci još jednom podsjećaju da je proglašenje
nevažećim odluka ZAVNOBIHâ€a na nelegalnom i nelegitimnom zasjedanju tzv. Narodne skupštine tzv. Republike Srpske (20.jula1993.godine) uzaludno i ništavno, jer je usvojeno od strane paradržavnog tijela pravno nepostojeće Republike Srpske. To znaÄi da navedeno paradržavno tijelo unutar meÄ‘unarodno priznate države Republike Bosne i Hercegovine nije ni moglo donijeti Odluku o proglašenju nevažećim odluka donesenih na zasjedanju ZAVNOBIHâ€a. Bosna i Hercegovina je imala svoj državni kontinuitet i prije potpisivanja Dejtonskog sporazuma, a nakon raspada bivše Jugoslavije. Potpisivanjem Dejtonskog sporazuma Republika Bosna i Hercegovina samo nastavlja svoj državni i pravni kontinuitet po meÄ‘unarodnom pravu pod imenom „Bosna i Hercegovina“, u istim zavnobihovskim granicama.
6. SjevernoameriÄki Bošjaci potvrÄ‘uju historijsku Äinjenicu da je 25. novembar dan obnove bosanskohercegovaÄke državnosti. Taj datum se ne može izbrisati iz historije bosanskohercegovaÄkih naroda i graÄ‘ana nikakvim odlukamama bilo koje politiÄke ili nacionalne grupacije u Bosni i Hercegovini i izvan nje.
7. Deklaracija ZAVNOBiH-a koja je prethodila Univerzalnoj deklaraciji o ljudskim pravima predstavlja kljuÄni datum historije Bosne i Hercegovine i osnovu koja omogućava postizanje potpune samostalnosti, nezavisnosti i suvereniteta Bosne i Hercegovine. ZAVNOBIH je dokaz da je u Bosni i Hercegovini, ne samo moguć nego i logiÄan zajedniÄki život njenih naroda i graÄ‘ana, da njihova zajedniÄka država može da funkcionira za dobro svih. Stoga je ZAVNOBIH najznaÄajniji datum naše historije, datum koji potvrÄ‘uju milenijsko postojanje Bosne i Hercegovine i pruža model po kojem se jedino Bosna i Hercegovina može razvijati, a njenim narodima i graÄ‘anima omogućiti punu ravnopravnost i slobodu. Nezavisnost Bosne i Hercegovine (1992.) je samo logiÄni slijed i rezultat onoga što je cijela historija Bosne i Hercegovine iskazala i za što je ZAVNOBIH ostavio bitne politiÄke i ustavno-pravne pretpostavke. Tekovine NarodnooslobodilaÄkog pokreta i antifašistiÄke borbe u Drugom svjetskom ratu bile su znaÄajan temelj odbrambenog rata 1992.-1995. protiv fašizma, a za oÄuvanje Bosne i Hercegovine.
8. Agresija na Republiku Bosnu i Hercegovinu i genocid nad njenim graÄ‘anima Äine suštinu zajedniÄkog zloÄinaÄkog poduhvata Savezne Republike Jugoslavije, odnosno Srbije i Crne Gore, od septembra 1991. do kraja 1995, i Republike Hrvatske, od kraja 1991. do 18. marta 1994, njihovih državnih, vojnih i policijskih rukovodstava, te njihovih petokolonaša, kolaboracionista i plaćenika u Bosni i Hercegovini. Namjera tog zloÄinaÄkog Äina imala je za cilj osvajanje, podjelu i uništenje Republike Bosne i Hercegovine kao države, te “konaÄno rješenje” muslimanskog pitanja - istrebljenje Bošnjaka ili njihovo svoÄ‘enje na beznaÄajnu etniÄku skupinu. Svi relevantni izvori potvrÄ‘uju da je prije izvoÄ‘enja agresije na Republiku Bosnu i Hercegovinu i izvršenja genocida nad Bošnjacima postojala dobro osmišljena namjera za izvršenje tih i drugih oblika zloÄina. U toku odbrambenog rata Republika Bosna i Hercegovina se odbranila od brutalne velikosrpske i velikohrvatske agresije, u koju su, kao saveznici ili kolaboracionisti, bili ukljuÄeni i brojni pripadnici sva tri njena naroda, radi pravdanja agresije i zloÄina, što uostalom redovno Äine fašistoidni režimi. Obrambeni rat je voÄ‘en prvenstveno vlastitim snagama i sredstvima, u uslovima višestruke nadmoći agresorâ i u situaciji kada je Bosni i Hercegovini, nezakonitim embargom na oružje, koga je Vijeće sigurnosti OUN-a usvojilo na zahtjev srpskog rukovodstva i liÄno Slobodana Miloševića 1991, priznatoj, nezavisnoj državi i Älanici Ujedinjenih nacija, faktiÄki oduzeto pravo da brani teritorijalni integritet i sigurnost svojih graÄ‘ana pred agresijom i genocidom, zagarantovano Poveljom Ujedinjenih nacija. Odbrambeni rat je u ljeto 1995. bio na pragu potpunog uspjeha, baš zato što je bio odbrambeni, što nije težio osvajanju tuÄ‘ih teritorija, nego samo za odbranu svojih teritorija i svoje suverene, meÄ‘unarodno priznate države, uz to Älanice Ujedinjenih nacija.
9. Dejtonskim sporazumom nagraÄ‘eni su agresori i njihovi kolaboracionisti koji su uništavali državu Bosnu i Hercegovinu i izvršili genocid nad njenim graÄ‘anima, za razliku od Drugog svjetskog rata, kada su i okupatori i kolaboracionisti vojno poraženi. Današnja dejtonska Bosna i Hercegovina se sastoji od dva entiteta, od kojih je entitet Republika Srpska genocidna tvorevina velikosrpskog nacizma, nastala na teškim kršenjima meÄ‘unarodnog humanitarnog prava, obilježena i natopljena, uglavnom, bošnjaÄkom krvlju, te omeÄ‘ena i prekrivena brojnim masovnim grobnicama i koncentracionim logorima, u kojoj legalno djeluju fašistiÄke organizacije. Tu genocidnu tvorevinu meÄ‘unarodna zajednica je legalizovala i legitimirala kao ustavnu kategoriju. PolitiÄko rukovodstvo i druge strukture entiteta Republika Srpska, u skladu sa velikosrpskom genocidnom ideologijom, politikom i praksom, na sve moguće naÄine prikrivaju, minimiziraju, relativiziraju i negiraju genocid nad Bošnjacima; permanentno i kontinuirano izjednaÄavaju žrtve genocida sa njihovim (svojim) izvršiocima (zloÄincima); osporavaju historijski, politiÄko-pravni i državni kontinuitet Bosne i Hercegovine, opstruiraju jaÄanje države Bosne i Hercegovine i konstantno sprovode secesiju, uništavanje države Bosne i Hercegovine, negirajući mogućnost održanja, razvoja i unapreÄ‘enja kvaliteta zajedniÄkog života, Äime se najozbiljnije dovode u pitanje univerzalne ljudske vrijednosti, slobode i prava, civilizacijske i kulturne tekovine. Entitet Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina, Äiji je temelj Vašingtonski sporazum (18. mart 1994.), u suštini djeluje kao dva zasebna entiteta, od kojih u jednom u potpunosti djeluju snage kolaboracionistiÄke tvorevine Hrvatske zajednice Herceg-Bosne, Äijem se rukovodstvu sudi (za udruženi zloÄinaÄki poduhvat) u ICTY-u, a njihovi politiÄki istomišljenici se, u sadejstvu sa rukovodstvom Republike Srpske, javno u Bosni i Hercegovini zalažu za takvu zloÄinaÄku tvorevinu.
10. SjevernoameriÄki Bošnjaci pozivaju na jedinstveno djelovanje svih probosanskohercegovaÄkih snaga za izgradnju suverene, cjelovite, jedinstvene države Bosne i Hercegovine prema Internacionalnom pravu i Povelji UN, kao graÄ‘anske države sa tri nivoa vlasti – državnim, regionalnim i općinskim - prema europskim standardima o lokalnoj samoupravi; pri Äemu regije nisu države nego zajednice općina, zasnovane na geografskim, saobraćajnim, privrednim i historijskim kriterijima, u kojima žive graÄ‘ani. Takva država treba obezbjediti: pravo na rad, mir i blagostanje za buduće generacije; svim odanim graÄ‘anima i narodima na cijeloj teritoriji Bosne i Hercegovine jednaka prava i slobode; povratak svakome u svoj rodni kraj; punopravno Älanstvo u euroatlantskim integracijama; zaštitu prirodnih ljepota i resursa; zaštitu Äovjeka i porodice kao temelja zdravog društva; poštivanje razliÄitih svjetonazora; zaštitu interesa naroda i vjerskih skupina. Bosna i Hercegovina je država svih njezinih graÄ‘ana, koji tvore bosanskohercegovaÄku naciju bez obzira na etniÄku, vjersku, rasnu, spolnu i dobnu pripadnost. Prvi korak u bosanskohercegovaÄkoj renesansi je izgradnja sistema vladavine zakona, promjena dejtonskog ustrojstva države, primjena Presude Internacionalnog suda pravde koja je jasno precizirala da su vojska i policija entiteta Republika Srpska izvršile genocid. Na toj se osnovi gradi država. Zato nam je potrebna jaka programska probosanskohercegovaÄka koalicija
November 25, 2013.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary from the First Meeting of the State Anti-fascist Council of National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ZAVNOBIH), the Congress of North American Bosniaks held commemorating events on 23rd November 2013 in Toronto and at the Central Academy of North American Bosniaks held on 30th November 2013 in Atlanta, where the members of the Congress of North American Bosniaks have adopted
Resolutions about the historical validity of ZAVNOBIH for the statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1. Bosniaks of North America recognize the importance and value of the First Meeting of the State Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: ZAVNOBIH), which confirmed the established continuity of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian state as well as the legal traditions, history, culture, and sovereignty, restoring the statehood and became the legal and political foundation for the later development of the system of government of Bosnia and Herzegovina until its internationally and legally recognized, independent state of existence.
2. Bosniaks of North America assess that the first meeting of ZAVNOBIH represented the first true and genuine people’s representative government, composed of representatives of all the people and citizens, which as such may sovereignly decide the political future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ZAVNOBiH and its activity since 1943 until April 1945 was the most significant event in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its resolution at the Inaugural Meeting and the Proclamation of the peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ZAVNOBiH has after 480 years, restored the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed its historical, political and governmental legal individuality and formed Federal Bosnia and Herzegovina (state), which is the most important achievement of the Anti-fascist war. It is a historic date - Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
3. Bosnaiks of North America express their gratitude to Antifascist fighters and activists including all the country’s nationalities and the citizens who stood on the side of the freedom struggle against the occupiers and collaborators. ZAVNOBIH is a victory of political will of all Bosnian nations and citizens, as well as the crucial moment in their classification in a large coalition of allied nations against Triple Fascist Alliance: Germany, Italy and Japan.
4. Bosniaks of North America believe that the historical meaning of the First Meeting of ZAVNOBIH represents concentration and the triumph of the traditional, historical ideas of Bosnia and the Bosnian spirit embodied in the recognition, respect, acceptance and tolerance of others and those who are different. It was confirmed at this meeting that the social, national and religious characteristics of the Bosnian reality can find a point of synthesis and reach the source of a unifying human element, which is the basis not only of the modern Bosnian society, but also of the modern world. At the Second Meeting held on July 1st 1944 ZAVNOBiH adopted the Declaration about the Rights of the Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is one of the largest documents of this kind in the world. Three years before, the Declaration from Sanski Most, preceded the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and held the same level of significance. Decisions and other documents adopted at the second session ZAVNOBiH had far-reaching significance for the construction of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina and for the further development of national authorities. ZAVNOBiH is constituted in the highest legislative executive representative body, the highest organ of state power, as the only representative of popular sovereignty. It was decided that the presidency of ZAVNOBiH perform executive functions. Second session of ZAVNOBiH declared Bosnia and Herzegovina a federal unit in the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia. Authorities of ZAVNOBiH become carriers of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian statehood.
5. Bosniaks of North America once again recalls that the decision declaring ZAVNOBIH invalid was the illegal and illegitimate session at the so called National Assembly of the so called Republic of Srpska (on July 20, 1993 in the name of only the Serb people) which is vain and void, because it was adopted by the illegitimate state bodies of the Republic of Srpska which is legally non-existent. This means that the specified illegitimate government body within the internationally recognized government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina could not make a decision on proclaiming an invalid decisions taken at a meeting of ZAVNOBIH. Bosnia and Herzegovina had its state continuity before the signing of the Dayton Agreement, and after the collapse of the former Yugoslavia. The signing of the Dayton Agreement, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina still continues its civil and legal continuity under international law under the name "Bosnia and Herzegovina" within its borders and limits.
6. Bosniaks of North America confirm the historical fact that the 25th of November is a day of the restoration of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian statehood. This date cannot be erased from the history of Bosnian and Herzegovian people and its citizens by any decision, by any political or ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina and beyond.
7. Declaration from ZAVNOBiH that preceded the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a key date in history of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the foundation which allows the achievement of complete independence. ZAVNOBIH is proof that multiethnic coexistence in Bosnia and Herzegovina is not only possible but also only logical for its people and its citizens, and that their shared state can work for the good of all. Therefore, 25. of November is the most important date in our history, which is the date that confirmed millennial existence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and provides a model in which only Bosnia-Hercegovina can be developed, for the sake of all its peoples and citizens. Independence of Bosnia-Hercegovina (1992) is just a logical sequence and the result of what the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina expressed and why ZAVNOBIH left important political constitutional prerequisites.The legacy of the State National Liberation Movement and the Anti-Fascist Resistance in World War II was an important foundation for the defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the defensive war from 1992 to 1995, in the continued fight against fascism for the preservation of the Bosnian state and its citizens.
8. The aggression against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the genocide on its people are the essence of the joint criminal enterprises of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, i.e. Serbia and Montenegro from September 1991 until the end of 1995; and the new independent Croatia from the end of the 1991 until March 18th 1994. This includes their government, military and police leadership, collaborators and mercenaries in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The intent of this criminal act was aimed towards the division and destruction of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state and the “final solution” to exterminate Bosniaks or reduce them to an insignificant ethnic group. All credible sources confirm the existence of a well-designed plan to carry out these aggressions and other forms of crime to commit genocide against Bosniaks. During the war, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina defended itself against the great brutal Serbian and Croatian aggression, in which, as allies or collaborators many members of these countries were involved in order to justify aggression and crime that fascist regimes make on a regular basis. The defensive war was driven primarily by its own forces and means. In situations where Bosnia and Herzegovina had an illegal arms embargo, which the UN Security Council adopted at the request of Serbian leadership and personally by Slobodan Milosevic in 1991, the recognized independent state and a full member of the United Nations was in fact deprived of the right to defend the territorial integrity and security of its citizens against the aggression and genocide. This was guaranteed according to the Charter of the United Nations. In the summer of 1995 the Bosnian defense was on the verge of a complete success of. The Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina did not seek conquest of foreign territories and only wanted the defense of their territory and their sovereignty and the need to be an internationally recognized state and members of the United Nations.
9. The Dayton Accords were awarded to the aggressors and their collaborators who are destroying the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the genocide committed against its citizens. Unlike the World War II, where both the occupiers and their collaborators were defeated by the military, today's Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of two entities, one of which is the entity of the Republic of Srpska, a genocidal creation of ultranationalist Serbs, built on heavy violations of the international humanitarian law, marked and soaked, mainly in Bosniaks blood and surrounded by and covered in numerous mass graves and concentration camps, in which fascist organizations legally operate. There, the genocidal creation by the international community is legalized and legitimized as a constitutional category. The political leadership and other structures of the Republic of Srpska in accordance with the great genocidal ideology, policy and practice hides, minimizes, denies in all possible ways the genocide against Bosniaks. It equalizes the victims of genocide with its perpetrators (war criminals), challenging historical, political and legal government continuity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It obstructs the strengthening of Bosnia and Herzegovina and constantly pursues secession, dissolution and the destruction of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Furthermore it is denying the possibility of maintaining, developing and improving the quality of community life thus seriously undermining universal human values ​​of freedom and rights, civilization and cultural achievements. The entity of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose foundation is the Washington Agreement (18 March 1994), essentially acts as two separate entities, one of which is a fully operating power of collaborationist creation of the Croatian Community of Herceg-Bosna, whose leadership is based on trial (for joint criminal enterprise) in ICTY, and the other supporters in cooperation with the leadership of the Republic of Srpska They advocate publicly in Bosnia and Herzegovina for such a criminal action.
10. Bosniaks of North America call for a unified action of all Bosnia and Herzegovina forces to build a sovereign, whole and unified state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to International law and the UN Charter where a civil state has three levels of government - national, regional and municipal – and according to the European standards of local self-government , whereby regions are not states but associations of municipalities, based on geographic, traffic, economic and historical criteria in which citizens live. Such a state should provide:
· The right to work
· The peace and prosperity for future generations
· The same rights and freedoms to all loyal citizens and peoples throughout the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina
· The ability for everyone to return to his/her homeland
· The full membership in Euro-Atlantic integration
· The protection of nature and resources
· The protection of man and the family as the foundation of a healthy society
· The respect for different points of view
· The protection of the interests of the people and religious groups
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a state of all its citizens who make up the Bosnian nation, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, or any other demographic. The first step in achieving a Bosnian Renaissance is the building of the system of rule of law, the change of the Dayton constitution of the state, the application of judgment of the International Court of Justice which clearly stipulated that the army and the police of the Republic of Srpska carried out the genocide and crimes against humanity. The state is built on this basis. That's why we need a strong program of the pro Bosnian and Herzegovina coalition.