Međutim, lideri bosanskih Srba kažu da za njom nije bilo potrebe, uporno tvrdeći da se tom deklaracijom naglašavaju zločini u Srebrenici, a zanemaruju drugi počinjeni 1990-tih godina.
But Bosnian Serb leaders said there was no need for it, adamantly maintaining that the declaration highlighted the crimes at Srebrenica while neglecting others committed in the 1990s.