Bosnia and Herzegovina to hold Statehood Day of Statehood

A reception will be held on November 24th, 2022 in Sarajevo City Hall on the occasion of the Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The reception is organized by the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, eljko Kom i and Denis Beirovi The Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a great holiday of this country and a reminder of the anti-fascist history of our country. On this day, the foundations for the statehood of B&H were laid in Mrkonjic Grad in 1943.

On 25 November 1943, B&H was defined as a single state in which all people have the same rights at the first session of the State Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of B&H ZAVNOB&H, which was held in Mrkonjic Grad.

The constitution of B&H was made as an equal federal unit in the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia.

The Founding Assembly was attended by 247 delegates from all parts of B&H, 173 of which had the voting rights.

Delegates adopted the Resolution of ZAVNOB&H and Proclamation to the People of B&H in which was emphasized that only ZAVNOB&H and AVNOJ can represent B&H and its people at home or abroad in the future.

This document also expressed the determination of people from B&H that their country, which is neither Serbian nor Croatian nor Muslim, but Serbian and Croatian and Muslim together, is a fraternal community in which all Serbs, Muslims and Croats will be provided full equality. The 25th of November is a regular working day in the Republika Srpska and will not be marked.