Ambassador Sattler: “Remembrance and Hope”

Two days ago, I stood among the white gravestones at Potocari and, along with my EU colleagues, laid a wreath for the victims, our heads bowed in remembrance, and in silence.

Silence is the only appropriate response when confronted with the scale of what happened at Srebrenica. But so is resolve. The resolve to do whatever is humanly possible to prevent hatred from taking root, spreading and being acted upon.