EU acknowledges 'shameful failure' in Srebrenica

European Union foreign policy representative Javier Solana today acknowledged that the massacre in Srebrenica 10 years ago represented a “shameful failure” by the international community.

Nearly 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were slaughtered in Srebrenica after Bosnian Serb forces overran the town, which was designated a “safe area” by the United Nations and guarded by Dutch UN troops. The massacre was Europe’s worst since the Second World War.