VIENNA, Nov 12 (Hina) - The Vienna Jewish Documentation Centre head +Simon Wiesenthal on Wednesday received a high state decoration of +Bosnia-Herzegovina for his 1992 contribution in making the world +aware of the blatant violation
of human rights in Bosnia-+Herzegovina (BH).+ BH Deputy Foreign Minister Husein Zivalj presented Wiesenthal with +the Bosnia Coat-of-arms Silver Order at a ceremony held at the BH +Embassy in Vienna.+ Zivalj said he was giving the decoration to a tireless fighter for +justice, who in December of 1992 informed the US President Bill +Clinton of the human tragedy in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the mass +killing of civilians.+ The 90-year-old Wiesenthal expressed his gratitude for the +decoration saying that human rights were still being violated +throughout the world and that one should use all means to stop that +evil, especially the genocide.+(hina) rml + +
VIENNA, Nov 12 (Hina) - The Vienna Jewish Documentation Centre head
Simon Wiesenthal on Wednesday received a high state decoration of
Bosnia-Herzegovina for his 1992 contribution in making the world
aware of the blatant violation of human rights in Bosnia-
Herzegovina (BH).
BH Deputy Foreign Minister Husein Zivalj presented Wiesenthal with
the Bosnia Coat-of-arms Silver Order at a ceremony held at the BH
Embassy in Vienna.
Zivalj said he was giving the decoration to a tireless fighter for
justice, who in December of 1992 informed the US President Bill
Clinton of the human tragedy in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the mass
killing of civilians.
The 90-year-old Wiesenthal expressed his gratitude for the
decoration saying that human rights were still being violated
throughout the world and that one should use all means to stop that
evil, especially the genocide.
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