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PROSLAVA
DANA DRŽAVNOSTI
Uvodni
govor na proslavi Dana drzavnosti Bosne i Hercegovine -
Chicago, 27. Novembra 1999
HONORABLE
GUESTS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM AND GOOD EVENING
ON BEHALF OF THE BOSNIAN COORDINATING COMMITTEE, WHICH
INCLUDES 14 BOSNIAN ORGANIZATIONS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
SUPPORTING OUR EVENT TONIGHT AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE
CELEBRATION OF THE BOSNIAN STATEHOOD DAY.
THE
SPONSORS OF THIS EVENT ARE : BOSNIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL
ASSOCIATION, SDA CHICAGO USA, BOSNAM, BOSNA SOCCER CLUB,
LJILJAN SOCCER CLUB, BOSNIAN INFORMATION CENTER, ZAMBAK,
TRIBINA BOSNJAKA, BOSNIAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION,
NATIONAL BOSNIAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY, ASSOCIATION OF BOSNJAKS
FROM GACKO, RADIO GLAS BOSNJAKA, AMUNDSEN H.S. BOSNIAN CLUB,
AND BOSNIAN-HERZEGOVINIAN CLUB OF CHICAGO.
I WANT TO THANK AND TO CONGRATULATE THE BOARDS AND THE
MEMBERSHIPS OF EACH ORGANIZATION ON A GOOD SENSE, HIGH LEVEL
OF PATRIOTISM AND A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION IN ORGANIZING THIS
EVENT JOINTLY.
ON
THIS OCCASION, I WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY
FORTUNATE IN BRINGING TOGETHER TONIGHT THREE VERY
DISTINGUISHED LAWYERS/DIPLOMATS WHO HAVE BEEN OR STILL ARE
BOSNIAN LAWYERS. I WANT TO WELCOME OUR THREE SPECIAL GUESTS :
H.E. AMBASSADOR MUHAMED SACIRBEY, PROF. FRANCIS BOYLE, AND
HON. FRANK MCCLOSKEY.
ALSO, WE HAVE MANY OTHER DEAR GUESTS AND FRIENDS OF BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA, AND WE WANT TO WELCOME THEM ALL TONIGHT AND TO
THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR BOSNIA AND FOR
OUR PEOPLE.
FINALLY,
WE SHOULD EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO THE HARDWORKING
INDIVIDUALS FOR THIS EVENT, ESPECIALLY OUR LADIES AND MEN IN
THE KITCHEN, AND TO THANK THEM ALL FOR THE SUCCESS OF OUR
PARTY TONIGHT AND THAT DELICIOUS FOOD.
BOSNIAN
STATEHOOD, WHICH HAVE BEEN EXISTING FOR MANY CENTURIES, AT
LEAST SINCE THE 10-TH CENTURY, WAS AFFIRMED ON NOVEMBER 25,
1943, IN MRKONJIC GRAD AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING OF
ZAVNOBIH DURING THE WAR CONDITIONS AND GERMAN OCCUPATION. THE
HISTORY CONFIRMS THAT THE COUNTRY AND THE STATE OF BOSNIA IS
MUCH OLDER THAN EITHER THIS DATE OR THE DAYTON. HOWEVER, THIS
DATE IS SIMBOLICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT CONFIRMS A THOUSAND
YEAR OLD BOSNIAN STATEHOOD BY A FREE WILL OF ALL BOSNIAN
PEOPLE. AGRESSIONS AND GENOCIDES COULD NOT CHANGE THOSE FACTS.
THEREFORE,
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE EACH OF YOU THE STATEHOOD DAY OF
B&H WITH A WISH THAT WE ALL CELEBRATE THIS IMPORTANT
HOLIDAY NEXT YEAR IN THE UNDIVIDED, UNITED, AND FREE B&H.
BRACO
I SESTRE, ZELIMO VAM SVIMA, TOPLO I ISKRENO, SRETAN PRAZNIK
DAN DRZAVNOSTI B&H.
Becir
Tanovic
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