BOSNIA NEWS

TEHRAN,Iran - Iran and Bosnia are to extend their cultural ties by making a movie with the theme of Bosnian women's role at the Srebrenica Massacre.

Iranian documentary cinema center, Bosnian Mama Company and producers from Germany and France will sponsor the film "Snow" directed by Bosnian film director Aida Bagic,who also wrote the script of the movie.

Aida Bagic, cofounder of the Centre for Women's Studies, also wrote the script of the movie 'Snow'. With this film she is trying to screen the suffering mothers and children experienced during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia and the problems they faced in defending Bosnia.

Audio and visual department of the Iranian ministry of culture and Islamic guidance announced that film making with foreign companies is a new measure to screen the movies in international scale.

In 2006 there was such a movie that grabbed lots of attention to its side.Bosnian film "Grbavica" directed by Jasmila Zbanic,a moving drama about Bosnia's post-war trauma and the lingering impact of the systematic rape of Bosnian women by Serbian soldiers won the “Golden Bear” at the Film Festival in Berlin at its world premiere.

In a five-day orgy of slaughter at Srebrenica in July 1995, up to 10,000 Bosnians were systematically exterminated by the genocidal Serbian aggressor in what was described at the U.N. war crimes tribunal as the triumph of evil.

SARAJEVO,Bosnia – The Bosnian Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees thanked the UNHCR and its representative in Bosnia James Lynch for everything they have done in their humanitarian activities,the Bosnian Minister of Human Rights and Refugees Safet Halilovic stated during a farewell meeting with James Lynch.

UNHCR built 6.000 apartment units in Bosnian in the last year alone, Halilovic said and added that he owes special gratitude to the organization and Mr. Lynch for dismissing the collective centers.

”As true friend of our country, UNHCR has, without imposing any limitations, always been at hand to the returnees, one of the most vulnerable social groups in Bosnia”, the minister said.

Emphasizing the good cooperation with the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees, Mr. Lynch said that he feels sorry for not having done more, in spite of the outstanding results.

”There are more important works to be done in Bosnia – activities related to the temporary settlement issues, helping the returnees, revision of the Annex 7 implementation strategy, etc.”, Lynch said.

SARAJEVO,Bosnia – The British Ministry of Defense donated vehicles and equipment to the Bosnian firefighters. The equipment is 710.000 Bosnian Marks (491.000 USD) worth and is to be used for the purpose of forming a BiH firefighters’ training center.

Brigadier Chris Murray presented the donation at the Butmir camp to the Bosnian firefighters’ representatives, the British embassy announced.

Matthew Rycroft, British Ambassador to Bosnia supported the initiative.

”In the past three years, teams of firefighters from Great Britain, Norway and Denmark worked together with the firefighting teams from Bosnia to support a training procedure”, Rycroft said.

Purpose of the Training Center, which will be situated near the Butmir camp, is to offer a joint training for personnel which will return to their local communities and continue training the firefighting teams. In other words, the Center will train the mentors.

The training will be based on the EU standards, so the Bosnian firefighters will become a part of the EU firefighting community.